Romans 1:28 Meaning
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Context Explained
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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Related Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
Both verses discuss the consequences of rejecting God.
Ephesians 4:18
This verse describes the futility of thinking apart from God.
Romans 6:23
The consequences of sin are contrasted with the gift of eternal life.
Source: Romans 1:28