22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools  * 1:22 Jr 10:14; 1Co 1:2023 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.  * 1:23 Ps 106:20; Jr 2:11; Ac 17:29

24 Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts  * 1:24 Eph 2:3; 4:19 to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,  * 1:25 Is 44:20; Jr 10:14; 13:25; 16:19 and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.  * 1:25 Rm 9:5; 2Co 11:31 Amen.

26 For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions.  * 1:26 1Th 4:5 Their women  * 1:26 Lit females, also in v. 27 exchanged natural sexual relations  * 1:26 Lit natural use, also in v. 27 for unnatural ones. 27 The men  * 1:27 Lit males, also later in v. 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  * 1:27 Lv 18:22; 20:13; 1Co 6:9 and received in their own persons  * 1:27 Or in themselves the appropriate penalty of their error.