Romans 1:20–32

²⁰For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world,^ak being understood through what he has made.^al As a result, people are without excuse. ²¹For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.^{am 22}Claiming to be wise, they became fools^{an 23}and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.^ao

²⁴Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts^ap to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. ²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,^aq and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.^ar Amen.

FROM IDOLATRY TO DEPRAVITY

²⁶For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions.^as Their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. ²⁷The men^C in the same way also left natural relations with women and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men^at and received in their own persons^D the appropriate penalty of their error.

²⁸And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right. ²⁹They are filled with all unrighteousness,^E evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,^{a 30}slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful,^b inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,^{c 31}senseless, untrustworthy, unloving,^Fd and unmerciful. ³²Although they know God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die^Ge—they not only do them, but even applaud^Hf others who practice them.