"when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations,
and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves
to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,
and to birds, and for footed beasts, and creeping things.
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts
of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creation more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever Amen.
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:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman
and burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working
that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense
of their error which was meet. 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; Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters,
haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things
are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in those that do them."
-Romans 1:21-32
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