Romans 1:21

1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts ¹  were darkened.

Romans 1:27

1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women ²  and were inflamed in their passions ³  for one another. Men ⁴  committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 9:11

9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election ⁵  would stand, not by works but by ⁶  his calling) ⁷  –

Romans 11:24

11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?

Romans 15:27

15:27 For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ⁸  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

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¹ tn Grk “heart.”

² tn Grk “likewise so also the males abandoning the natural function of the female.”

³ tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).

⁴ tn Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁵ tn Grk “God’s purpose according to election.”

⁶ tn Or “not based on works but based on…”

⁷ tn Grk “by the one who calls.”

sn The entire clause is something of a parenthetical remark.

⁸ tn Grk “to them”; the referent (the Jerusalem saints) has been specified in the translation for clarity.