Rom 1:24-26 | 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.

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‏ Romans 1:24-26

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.
1:26 ^d women turned against the natural way: In this context, natural way refers to the nature of the world as God made it. As in the Old Testament, Paul singles out homosexuality as a key illustration of how people have fallen away from worship of the true God (see Gen 19:1-28 ^e; Lev 18:22 ^f; 20:13 ^g; Deut 23:17-18 ^h). God created human beings as male and female, and engaging in homosexual activity is a violation of God’s creative intention.