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Therefore God gave them up in the desires of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies should be shamed among themselves:

they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

For this cause God gave them up to immoral sexual passions of shame: for even their women changed the natural use into what is against nature:

And even as they refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those that do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with those that do them.

And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those that do such things.

And reckon this, O man, who judge those that do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

but after your hardness and impenitent heart treasure up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

for there is no respect of persons with God.

for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

in the day when God judges the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Christ Jesus.

But if you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

you who glory in the law, through your transgression of the law do you dishonor God?

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Much in every way: first of all, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

What then? If some were without faith, shall their want of faith make of no effect the faithfulness of God?

God forbid: yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar; according to as it is written, That you might be justified in your words, And might prevail when you come into judgment.