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Romans 1:18-32 (NIV2010)

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18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 20) Responsibility / Excuses - Men are without excuse
(v. 20) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Since creation, God's power has been clearly seen
(v. 21) Thankfulness - Not thanking God leads to involvement in sinful areas
(v. 21) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Not thanking God leads to involvement in sinful areas
(v. 22) Idolatry - Wicked - will exchange the glory of God for worship of animal-like images
(v. 23) Idolatry - Wicked - will exchange the glory of God for worship of animal-like images
(v. 25) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Homosexual - received the due penalty for their perversion
(v. 26) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Homosexual - received the due penalty for their perversion
(v. 26) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Men inflamed with lust for one another - received due penalty for perversion
(v. 27) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Men inflamed with lust for one another - received due penalty for perversion
(v. 27) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Homosexual - received the due penalty for their perversion

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 20) Does God's attributes revealed in his works? God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 18) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 19) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 20) Desire's Journey - Great Restoration (part 1) (2010-06-30)
(v. 20) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 21) Gratitude (part II) (2011-11-29)
(v. 21) Centrality of the Heart (part II) (2012-11-02)
(v. 21) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 22) Centrality of the Heart (part II) (2012-11-02)
(v. 22) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 23) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 23) Centrality of the Heart (part II) (2012-11-02)
(v. 24) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 24) Centrality of the Heart (part II) (2012-11-02)
(v. 24) Raising Awesome Kids - Model of Masculinity (2008-11-25)
(v. 25) Raising Awesome Kids - Model of Masculinity (2008-11-25)
(v. 25) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 25) Centrality of the Heart (part II) (2012-11-02)
(v. 26) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 26) Raising Awesome Kids - Model of Masculinity (2008-11-25)
(v. 27) Raising Awesome Kids - Model of Masculinity (2008-11-25)
(v. 27) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 28) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 29) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 30) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 31) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)
(v. 32) Men are without excuse (part 1) (2010-05-07)