Rom 1:24 | NET2full | STEP | Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity , to dishonor their bodies among themselves .

‏ Romans 1:24

24 Therefore God gave them over ^{▼▼sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 81:12.} in the desires of their hearts to impurity, ^{▼▼tn Or “God delivered them up to the desires of their hearts for impurity.” It is possible that a technical, legal idiom is used here; if so, it would describe God delivering sinners up to a custodian for punishment (see R. Jewett, Romans [Hermeneia], 166-67). In this instance, then, sinners would be given over to their own desires for the express purpose of working more impurity.} to dishonor ^{▼▼tn The genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι (tou atimazesthai, “to dishonor”) has been taken as (1) an infinitive of purpose; (2) an infinitive of result; or (3) an epexegetical (i.e., explanatory) infinitive, expanding the previous clause.} their bodies among themselves. ^{▼▼tn Grk “among them.”}