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Romans 1:23-25
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Romans 1:23-25
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23 and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for [a]an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their own hearts to [sexual] impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin], 25 because [by choice] they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.(A)
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- Romans 1:23 Paul’s indictment of idolatry (images) is logical and devastating. He emphasizes that idols are essentially copies of living creatures, whether in human form (as, for example, in ancient Greek myth) or otherwise (as in Egyptian idolatry and metaphysics). These lifeless images are clearly powerless, and even the living creatures which they supposedly represent are either nonexistent hybrids and monsters, or else ordinary creatures on earth who could hardly create so much as a grain of sand.
Romans 1:23-25
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Romans 1:23-25
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23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(A) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over(B) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(C) 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(D) and worshiped and served created things(E) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(F) Amen.(G)
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