Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. New Living Translation They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. English Standard Version because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Berean Standard Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. Berean Literal Bible who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and reverenced and served the created thing beyond the One having created it, who is blessed to the ages! Amen. King James Bible Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. New King James Version who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. New American Standard Bible For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. NASB 1995 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. NASB 1977 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Legacy Standard Bible For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Amplified Bible because [by choice] they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Christian Standard Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. Holman Christian Standard Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. American Standard Version for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they exchanged the truth of God for lies, and they revered and served created things more than their Creator, to whom belong praises and blessings to the eternity of eternities, amen. Contemporary English Version They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen. Douay-Rheims Bible Who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. English Revised Version for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. GOD'S WORD® Translation These people have exchanged God's truth for a lie. So they have become ungodly and serve what is created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen! Good News Translation They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen. International Standard Version They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Literal Standard Version who changed the truth of God into the lie, and honored and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all ages. Amen. Majority Standard Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. New American Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. NET Bible They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. New Revised Standard Version because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. New Heart English Bible who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Webster's Bible Translation Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Weymouth New Testament For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. World English Bible who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Young's Literal Translation who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Wrath against Sin…24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. 26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.… Cross References Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. Jeremiah 13:25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, "Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. 2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying. Treasury of Scripture Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. changed. Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. the truth. Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. into a lie. Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Jeremiah 10:14,15 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them… Jeremiah 13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. the creature. Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. more. Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Psalm 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. Psalm 145:1,2 David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever… Jump to Previous Amen Bartered Blessed Change Changed Created Creator Creature Divine Exchanged False. Forever Honour Honours Lie Offered Rather Reality Religious Served Service True. Truth Unreal Word Worship Worshiped WorshippedJump to Next Amen Bartered Blessed Change Changed Created Creator Creature Divine Exchanged False. Forever Honour Honours Lie Offered Rather Reality Religious Served Service True. Truth Unreal Word Worship Worshiped WorshippedRomans 1 1. Paul commends his calling to the Romans;9. and his desire to come to them. 16. What his gospel is. 18. God is angry with sin. 21. What were the sins of mankind. (25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie.--They ceased to worship God as He is--in His own true essential nature, and worshipped false gods instead. The phrase "into a lie," is literally, with a lie, the "lie" being regarded as the instrument by which the substitution is made. By "a lie" is meant here "false gods," who are the supreme embodiment of falsehood. (Comp. Isaiah 44:20; Jeremiah 13:25; Jeremiah 16:19, &c.) The introduction of the doxology in this verse is due to an impulse of reverential feeling. Shocked at the language which he finds himself using, and at the connection in which the most Holy Name has been mentioned, the Apostle turns aside for a moment to testify to his own humble adoration. Verse 25. - Who (rather, being such as, the word is οἵτινες, equivalent to quippequi) changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. This verse repeats the source and cause of the moral degradation spoken of, which is described without reserve in what follows. "In peccatis arguendis saepe scapha debet scapha dict. Gravitas et ardor stilt judicialis proprietate verborum non violat verceundiam" (Bengel).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [They]οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. exchanged μετήλλαξαν (metēllaxan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3337: To change, transform, alter, exchange. From meta and allasso; to exchange. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. truth ἀλήθειαν (alētheian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 225: From alethes; truth. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. a lie, ψεύδει (pseudei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 5579: A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. worshiped ἐσεβάσθησαν (esebasthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 4573: To worship, stand in awe of. Middle voice from a derivative of sebomai; to venerate, i.e. Adore. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. served ἐλάτρευσαν (elatreusan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. created things κτίσει (ktisei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2937: From ktizo; original formation. rather than παρὰ (para) Preposition Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Creator, Κτίσαντα (Ktisanta) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2936: To create, form, shape, make, always of God. Probably akin to ktaomai; to fabricate, i.e. Found. who ὅς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. forever αἰῶνας (aiōnas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 165: From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. worthy of praise! εὐλογητὸς (eulogētos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2128: (used only of God), blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise. From eulogeo; adorable. Amen. ἀμήν (amēn) Hebrew Word Strong's 281: Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. 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