Romans 1:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1223} this{G5124} cause{G1223} God{G2316} gave{G3860} them{G846} up{G3860} unto{G1519} vile{G819} passions:{G3806} for{G1063} {G5037} their{G846} women{G2338} changed{G3337} the natural{G5446} use{G5540} into{G1519} that which is{G3588} against{G3844} nature:{G5449}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1223} this{G5124} cause God{G2316} gave{G3860} them{G846} up{G3860}{(G5656)} unto{G1519} vile{G819} affections{G3806}: for{G1063} even{G5037} their{G846} women{G2338} did change{G3337}{(G5656)} the natural{G5446} use{G5540} into{G1519} that which is against{G3844} nature{G5449}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For this cause god gave them vp vnto shamfull lustes. For even their wemen did chaunge the naturall vse vnto the vnnaturall.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore God gaue the vp vnto shamefull lustes. For their wemen chaunged the naturall vse in to the vnnaturall:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For this cause God gaue them vp vnto vile affections: for euen their women did change the naturall vse into that which is against nature.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes: For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse, into that which is agaynst nature.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

Referenced Verses

  • Jude 1:7 : 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
  • Gen 19:5 : 5 And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.
  • Lev 18:22-28 : 22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination. 23 Nor shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion. 24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you: 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled; 28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 For fornicators, for those who defile themselves with mankind, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
  • 1 Thess 4:5 : 5 Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God:
  • Judg 19:22 : 22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, surrounded the house, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."
  • Rom 1:24 : 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,
  • Eph 4:19 : 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
  • Eph 5:12 : 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
  • Jude 1:10 : 10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Deut 23:17-18 : 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

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    27 And likewise the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another; men with men working what is shameful, and receiving in themselves that penalty of their error which was fitting.

    28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

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  • Rom 1:18-25
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    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;

    19 Because what may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them.

    20 For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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    22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

    23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

    24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,

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    6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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    31 Undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection, unmerciful:

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    22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.

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    5 Not in passionate lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God:

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