The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; It is able to judge the thoughts
and intentions of the heart. –Hebrews 4:12
The Power of the Gospel
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel;
It is the power of God for Salvation
to everyone who has faith,
to the Jew and also to the Greek (Gentile).
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith:
As it is written:
‘The one who is righteous will live by faith.’ (See: Habakkuk 2:4) –Romans 1:16-17
The Guilt of Humankind
For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven
against all ungodliness and wickedness of those
who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
For what can be known about God is plain to them
because God has shown it to them.
Ever since the creation of the world, His eternal power
and Divine Nature, invisible though they are,
have been understood and seen through the things
He has made! So they are without excuse;
For though they knew God, they did not honor Him
as God or give thanks to Him but they became futile
in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
and they exchanged the glory of the Immortal God
for images resembling a mortal human being or birds
or four-footed animals or reptiles.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts
to the degrading of their bodies among themselves
because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie
and worshiped and served the creature (Satan)
rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions.
Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural
and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse
with women, were consumed with passion for one another.
Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their
own persons the due penalty for their error.
Since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,
God gave them up to a debased mind and to
things that should not be done.
They were filled with every kind of wickedness,
evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips, slanderers,
God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil,
rebellious toward parents, foolish, faithless, heartless,
ruthless. They know God’s decree, that those who practice
such things deserve to die — yet they not only do them
but even applaud others who practice them. –Romans 1:16-32
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