Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Commentary (Biblia.com)

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Building on his own fresh translation from the Greek, Hultgren walks readers through Romans verse-by-verse, illuminating the text with helpful comments, probing into major puzzles, and highlighting the letter’s most inspiring features. He also demonstrates the forward-looking, missional character of Paul’s epistle—written, as Hultgren suggests, to introduce Roman Christians to the major themes of...

In cases where sexual matters are involved, the phrase can refer to rape,61 same-gender sexual intercourse,62 and pederasty.63 In the present case it most likely refers to female same-gender sexual activities. That is not said explicitly in 1:26, but the fact that the next verse begins with “and likewise” (ὁμοίως τε καί) and speaks of same-gender sexual relationships between men gives specificity to 1:26.64 But the question remains whether that which is considered “unnatural” is same-gender activity

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