1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 1
1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, 2 God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 3
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,
to this very day.” 4
1 tn Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις (crhsi") has the force of “sexual relations” here (L&N 23.65).
2 tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”
3 tn Grk “the things that are improper.”