Romans
King James Version (KJV)


“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:”
King James Version (KJV)
1:26 Therefore God gave them up to vile affections - To which the heathen Romans were then abandoned to the last degree; and none more than the emperors themselves.
Ro 1:26 For this cause. Because of the apostasy just described. God gave them up. Abandoned them to their own course, and thus it was shown to what depths men will fall without God. To vile affections. Vile, shameless, sensual indulgence, such as cannot now be named. The sodomy referred to here was common in the first century among the Romans, and is often spoken of without a sense of shame by their writers. It was prohibited neither by religion nor law, and was acknowledged without shame.
For this cause God gaue them vp vnto vile affections: for euen their women did change the naturall vse into that which is against nature:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
- American Standard Version (1901)
For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:
- Basic English Bible
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature;
- Darby Bible
For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
- English Revised Version
For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.
- World English Bible