Rom 1:24 | TNotes | STEP | 1:24 When human beings exchanged the living God for idols, God abandoned them , a point Paul makes twice more in this paragraph (1:26 , 28 ). The word abandon includes a sense of “handing over,” suggesting that God actively consigns people to the consequences of their sin.

‏ Romans 1:24

1:24 ^a When human beings exchanged the living God for idols, God abandoned them, a point Paul makes twice more in this paragraph (1:26 ^b, 28 ^c). The word abandon includes a sense of “handing over,” suggesting that God actively consigns people to the consequences of their sin.