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and 1exchanged the glory of the incorruptibleGod for an image in the form of corruptibleman and of birds and four-footedanimals and acrawlingcreatures.
24Therefore2Godgave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be 3dishonoredamong them.
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For they exchanged the truth of God for ba 4lie, and worshiped and served the creatureratherthan the Creator, 5who is blessedcforever. Amen.
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For thisreason6Godgave them over to 7degradingpassions ; for their womenexchanged the naturalfunction for that which is dunnatural ,
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and in the samewayalso the menabandoned the naturalfunction of the woman and burned in their desiretowardoneanother, 8men with mencommittingeindecentacts and receiving in ftheir ownpersons the duepenalty of their error.
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And just as they did not seefitgto acknowledgeGod any longer, 9Godgave them over to a depravedmind, to dothose things which are not proper,
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being filled with allunrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil ; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice ; they are 10gossips,
30slanderers, h11haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, 12disobedient to parents,
31withoutunderstanding, untrustworthy, 13unloving, unmerciful ;
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and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practicesuchthings are worthy of 14death, they not onlydo the same, but also15giveheartyapproval to those who practice them.
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