Romans 1:24

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Wherefore	Διὸ Dio	G1352	through which thing · conjunction
God	θεὸς theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
also	καί kaí	G2532	and
gave	παρέδωκεν paredōken	G3860	to surrender · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοὺς autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
up	παραδίδωμι paradídōmi	G3860	to surrender
to	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
uncleanness	ἀκαθαρσίαν akatharsian	G167	impurity (the quality) · noun — accusative singular feminine
through	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
lusts	ἐπιθυμίαις epithumiais	G1939	a longing (especially for what is forbidden) · noun — dative plural feminine
own	αὐτῶν autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
hearts	καρδιῶν kardiōn	G2588	the heart · noun — genitive plural feminine
dishonour	ἀτιμάζεσθαι atimazesthai	G818	to render infamous · verb — present middle or passive infinitive
own	αὐτῶν autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
bodies	σώματα sōmata	G4983	the body (as a sound whole) · noun — accusative plural neuter
between	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
themselves	ἑαυτοῦ heautoû	G1438	him- (her-

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Cross-references

Psalms 81:11-12 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Acts 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye…
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Acts 14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be save…
Ephesians 4:18-19 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of t…
Romans 1:26-28 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:
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:19–end

In this last part of the chapter the apostle applies what he had said particularly to the Gentile world, in which we may observe, I. The means and helps they had to come to the knowledge of God. Though they had not such a knowledge of his law as Jacob and Israel had (Psa 147:20), yet among them he left not himself without witness (Act 14:17): For that which may be known, etc., Rom 1:19, Rom 1:20. Observe, 1. What discoveries they had: That which may be known of God is manifest, en autois - among them; that is, there were some even among them that had the knowledge of God, were convinced of the existence of one supreme Numen. The philosophy of Pythagoras, Plato, and the Stoics, discovered a g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 1:24

Wherefore God also--in righteous retribution. gave them up--This divine abandonment of men is here strikingly traced in three successive stages, at each of which the same word is used (Rom 1:24, Rom 1:26; and Rom 1:28, where the word is rendered "gave over"). "As they deserted God, God in turn deserted them; not giving them divine (that is, supernatural) laws, and suffering them to corrupt those which were human; not sending them prophets, and allowing the philosophers to run into absurdities. He let them do what they pleased, even what was in the last degree vile, that those who had not honored God, might dishonor themselves" [GROTIUS].

Adam Clarke on Romans 1:24

God - gave them up, etc. - They had filled up the measure of their iniquities, and God, by permitting them to plunge into all manner of irregularities, thus, by one species of sin, inflicted punishment on another. Dishonour their own bodies - Probably alluding here to what is more openly expressed, Rom 1:26, Rom 1:27. Between themselves - εν εαυτοις, Of themselves, of their own free accord; none inciting, none impelling.

John Gill on Romans 1:24

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness,.... Not by putting any into them, but by leaving them to the pollution of their nature; by withdrawing his providential restraints from them, and by giving them up to judicial hardness: through the lusts of their own hearts. The heart of man is the source of all wickedness; the lusts that dwell there are many, and these tend to uncleanness of one sort or another: by it here is meant particularly bodily uncleanness, since it is said they were given up to dishonour their own bodies between themselves; either alone, or with others; so that as they changed the glory of God, and dishonoured him, he left them to dishonour themselves by doing these…

The Church Fathers

By "gave them up" Paul means that God permitted this to happen. He simply abandoned them because they had fallen into extreme ungodliness.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

This means that God abandoned them to the desires of their own hearts. For Paul says that they got what they deserved from God.
— Augustine of Hippo, AUGUSTINE ON ROMANS 5

Many are left to themselves, to their own hurt.… A man that has asked for great wealth may have received it to his own hurt. While he was without it he had little to fear; as soon as he has possession of it he has become a prey to the stronger.
— Augustine of Hippo, HOMILIES ON 1 JOHN 6.8

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Dictionary and topics

Fall of man — An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revolt of our first parents from God, and the consequent sin and misery in which they and all their…
Idolatry — Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of…
Crime · PARTIAL LISTS OF — PARTIAL LISTS OF
Gentiles · UNCLASSIFIED SCIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCIPTURES RELATING TO
Idolatry · .Licentiousness of — .Licentiousness of
Lasciviousness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Rome · Abominations in — Abominations in
Sodomy · 23:7; — 23:7;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Romans 1:24

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 1:24

Adam Clarke on Romans 1:24

John Gill on Romans 1:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 1:24

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 1:24

Adam Clarke on Romans 1:24

John Gill on Romans 1:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Romans 1:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 1:24