Romans 1:26

Romans · New Testament · Chapter 1

“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:”Romans 1:26

What Does Romans 1:26 Mean?

Romans 1:26 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 1, verse 26 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Marriage.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Romans 1:26 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Leviticus 18:22“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”1 Corinthians 6:9“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”Jude 1:7“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”1 Timothy 1:10“For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”Romans 1:24“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”Ephesians 4:19“Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.”Genesis 19:5“And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.”Leviticus 20:13“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”Judges 19:22“Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.”Psalms 81:12“So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.”Ephesians 5:12“For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”Deuteronomy 23:17“There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.”Romans 1:28“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;”1 Thessalonians 4:5“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:”Colossians 3:5“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”Jude 1:10“But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.”1 Kings 15:12“And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.”1 Kings 22:46“And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.”2 Kings 23:7“And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.”Jeremiah 4:10“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.”

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