Discovery BoxRomans 1:27-28 
Context1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women 1 and were inflamed in their passions 2 for one another. Men 3 committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, 4 God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 5
1 tn Grk “likewise so also the males abandoning the natural function of the female.”
2 tn Grk “burned with intense desire” (L&N 25.16).
3 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.
4 tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”
5 tn Grk “the things that are improper.”
