Romans 1:24

Easy To Read Version

People were full of sin, wanting only to do evil things. So God left them and let them go their sinful way. And so they became full of sexual sins, using their bodies wrongly with each other.

Cross References

Leviticus 18:22

“You must not have sexual relations with a man as with a woman. That is a terrible sin!

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”

Acts 14:16

In the past, God let all the nations do what they wanted.

Acts 7:42

But God turned against them. God finished trying to stop them from worshiping the army \{of false gods\} in the sky. This is what is written in the book of the prophets {\cf2\super [142]} : God says,

Romans 6:12

But don’t let sin control you in your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” Yes. And God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual sin. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin that a person does is outside his body. But the person that sins sexually sins against his own body.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past, all of us lived like those people. We lived trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We were \{evil\} people. We should have suffered God’s anger because of the way we were. We were the same as all other people.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God. {\cf2\super [13]}