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Amen. <a href="/nlt/romans/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. <a href="/esv/romans/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. <a href="/bsb/romans/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/blb/romans/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and reverenced and served the created thing beyond the One having created it, who is blessed to the ages! Amen. <a href="/kjv/romans/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/nkjv/romans/1.htm">New King James Version</a> who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/nasb_/romans/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/nasb/romans/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/nasb77/romans/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/lsb/romans/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/amp/romans/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> because [by choice] they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. <a href="/csb/romans/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. <a href="/hcsb/romans/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. <a href="/asv/romans/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/cev/romans/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen. <a href="/erv/romans/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/gwt/romans/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> These people have exchanged God's truth for a lie. So they have become ungodly and serve what is created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen! <a href="/gnt/romans/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> They exchange the truth about God for a lie; they worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen. <a href="/isv/romans/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/msb/romans/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/net/romans/1.htm">NET Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. <a href="/nheb/romans/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/wbt/romans/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. <a href="/web/romans/1.htm">World English Bible</a> who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> who changed the truth of God into the lie, and honored and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all ages. Amen. <a href="/blb/romans/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and reverenced and served the created thing beyond the One having created it, who is blessed to the ages! Amen. <a href="/ylt/romans/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen. <a href="/slt/romans/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who changed the truth of God into a falsehood, and reverenced and served the creation above him creating, who is praised forever. Amen.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/cpdv/romans/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they exchanged the truth of God for a lie. And they worshipped and served the creature, rather than the Creator, who is blessed for all eternity. Amen. <a href="/nabre/romans/1.htm">New American Bible</a> They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/nrsvce/romans/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they have changed the truth of God for lies, and worshipped and served the created things more than their Creator to whom belong glory and blessings for ever. Amen. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And they exchanged the truth of God for lies, and they revered and served created things more than their Creator, to whom belong praises and blessings to the eternity of eternities, amen.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/godbey/romans/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evermore: amen. <a href="/haweis/romans/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> who perverted the truth of God by falsehood, and worshipped and paid divine honours to the thing created instead of the Creator, who is blessed for evermore. Amen.<CM> <a href="/mace/romans/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> they changed the true God for an idol, and adored and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed for ever. <a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. <a href="/worrell/romans/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> who, indeed, change the truth of God into falsehood; and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Amen. <a href="/worsley/romans/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature instead of the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. <a href="/parallel/romans/1-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=221" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/1.htm">God's Wrath against Sin</a> …24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 25<a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hoitines (RelPro-NMP) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">They</a> <a href="/greek/3337.htm" title="3337: metēllaxan (V-AIA-3P) -- To change, transform, alter, exchange. From meta and allasso; to exchange.">exchanged</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/225.htm" title="225: alētheian (N-AFS) -- From alethes; truth.">truth</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">for</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5579.htm" title="5579: pseudei (N-DNS) -- A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood.">a lie,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4573.htm" title="4573: esebasthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To worship, stand in awe of. Middle voice from a derivative of sebomai; to venerate, i.e. Adore.">worshiped</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3000.htm" title="3000: elatreusan (V-AIA-3P) -- To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.">served</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2937.htm" title="2937: ktisei (N-DFS) -- From ktizo; original formation.">creature</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">rather than</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2936.htm" title="2936: Ktisanta (V-APA-AMS) -- To create, form, shape, make, always of God. Probably akin to ktaomai; to fabricate, i.e. Found.">Creator,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hos (RelPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōnas (N-AMP) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">forever</a> <a href="/greek/2128.htm" title="2128: eulogētos (Adj-NMS) -- (used only of God), blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise. From eulogeo; adorable.">worthy of praise!</a> <a href="/greek/281.htm" title="281: amēn (Heb) -- Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely.">Amen.</a> 26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11</a> Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Isaiah 44:20</a> He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?” <a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15</a> They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. <a href="/psalms/106-20.htm">Psalm 106:20</a> They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. <a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14</a> Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-10</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a> For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:11-12</a> For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Deuteronomy 4:19</a> When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. <a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">Isaiah 40:18-20</a> To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. <a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">1 Corinthians 12:2</a> You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. <a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-5</a> You shall have no other gods before Me. / You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, <a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm">Isaiah 42:8</a> I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols. <a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a> Little children, keep yourselves from idols.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.changed.<a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a> And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.the truth.<a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a> For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;<a href="/1_john/5-20.htm">1 John 5:20</a> And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.into a lie.<a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Isaiah 44:20</a> He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?<a href="/jeremiah/10-14.htm">Jeremiah 10:14,15</a> Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them… <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Jeremiah 13:25</a> This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.the creature.<a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a> And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.<a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a> No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.<a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Matthew 10:37</a> He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.more.<a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a> Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.<a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Psalm 72:19</a> And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.<a href="/psalms/145-1.htm">Psalm 145:1,2</a> David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/21-25.htm">Amen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Bartered</a> <a href="/acts/20-35.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/acts/26-20.htm">Change</a> <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/mark/13-19.htm">Created</a> <a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/acts/28-5.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Exchanged</a> <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">False.</a> <a href="/john/14-16.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/acts/28-10.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/acts/28-10.htm">Honours</a> <a href="/acts/23-21.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/acts/21-26.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/acts/27-11.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/john/8-36.htm">Reality</a> <a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Religious</a> <a href="/acts/20-34.htm">Served</a> <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Service</a> <a href="/acts/26-25.htm">True.</a> <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/acts/14-15.htm">Unreal</a> <a href="/romans/1-2.htm">Word</a> <a href="/acts/27-23.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/acts/18-7.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Worshipped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Amen</a> <a href="/psalms/16-4.htm">Bartered</a> <a href="/romans/4-7.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Change</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/romans/8-39.htm">Created</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Creator</a> <a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Divine</a> <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Exchanged</a> <a href="/romans/3-4.htm">False.</a> <a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/genesis/50-10.htm">Honours</a> <a href="/romans/3-7.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Reality</a> <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Religious</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-3.htm">Served</a> <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Service</a> <a href="/romans/1-31.htm">True.</a> <a href="/romans/2-2.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-2.htm">Unreal</a> <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Word</a> <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Worshiped</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm">Worshipped</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 1</div>1. <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Paul commends his calling to the Romans;</a> 9. <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">and his desire to come to them.</a> 16. <a href="/romans/1-16.htm">What his gospel is.</a> 18. <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">God is angry with sin.</a> 21. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">What were the sins of mankind.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They exchanged the truth of God for a lie This phrase highlights the deliberate choice to reject God's revealed truth. In the biblical context, "truth of God" refers to the knowledge of God as Creator and Sustainer, evident in creation (<a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20</a>). The "lie" represents idolatry and falsehood, reminiscent of the serpent's deception in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3:1-5</a>. Historically, this exchange reflects humanity's tendency to turn away from divine truth, as seen in Israel's idolatry (<a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32:1-6</a>). Theologically, this exchange is a fundamental sin, leading to spiritual blindness and moral decay.and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator This phrase underscores the misdirection of worship from God to created things. Biblically, worship is due to God alone (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Deuteronomy 6:13</a>). The act of serving the creature includes idolatry, where people venerate images, nature, or human achievements (<a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>). Culturally, the Greco-Roman world was rife with polytheism and emperor worship, which Paul addresses. This misplacement of worship is a reversal of the intended order, where creation should lead to worship of the Creator (<a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1</a>).who is forever worthy of praise! This phrase affirms God's eternal nature and His deserving of perpetual worship. Theologically, it emphasizes God's unchanging character and His sovereignty over creation (<a href="/psalms/90-2.htm">Psalm 90:2</a>). The phrase serves as a doxology, a spontaneous expression of praise, common in Paul's writings (<a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Ephesians 3:20-21</a>). It contrasts the temporal nature of created things with the eternal worthiness of God, reinforcing the call to worship Him alone.Amen "Amen" is a Hebrew word meaning "truly" or "so be it," used to affirm the truth of a statement. In biblical usage, it signifies agreement and certainty (<a href="/nehemiah/8-6.htm">Nehemiah 8:6</a>). It is often used at the end of prayers and doxologies, as seen in the Psalms and New Testament letters, to express confidence in God's promises and declarations. Here, it seals the truth of God's worthiness of praise, inviting readers to join in this affirmation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, Paul is writing to the believers in Rome to explain the gospel and its implications for both Jews and Gentiles. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a> The recipients of the letter, consisting of both Jewish and Gentile Christians, living in a city known for its diverse religious practices and idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_creator.htm">God the Creator</a> The one true God who is worthy of worship and praise, in contrast to the created things that people were worshiping. 4. <a href="/topical/i/idolaters.htm">Idolaters</a> Those who have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, choosing to worship created things rather than the Creator. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lie.htm">The Lie</a> The falsehood that leads people away from the truth of God, resulting in idolatry and the worship of creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can include anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts to ensure that we are not prioritizing anything above God. <a href="/topical/t/the_exchange_of_truth_for_a_lie.htm">The Exchange of Truth for a Lie</a> This exchange is a deliberate choice that leads to spiritual blindness. We must be vigilant in holding onto the truth of God's Word and not be swayed by cultural or personal lies. <a href="/topical/w/worship_the_creator,_not_the_creation.htm">Worship the Creator, Not the Creation</a> True worship is directed towards God, the Creator, and not towards His creation. We should appreciate creation but reserve our worship for God alone. <a href="/topical/t/the_eternal_worthiness_of_god.htm">The Eternal Worthiness of God</a> God is forever worthy of praise, and our lives should reflect this truth in our worship, actions, and priorities. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_scripture_in_guarding_against_lies.htm">The Role of Scripture in Guarding Against Lies</a> Regular engagement with Scripture helps us discern truth from lies and strengthens our faith against the temptations of idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 1</a> <a href="/q/did_they_trade_god's_truth_for_a_lie.htm">Did they trade God's truth for a lie?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_sacred_stones_in_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible say about sacred stones?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_the_new_age_movement.htm">What defines the New Age movement?</a> <a href="/q/what_means_'god's_foolishness_is_wiser'.htm">Did they trade God's truth for a lie?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) Who changed the truth of God into a lie.--They ceased to worship God as He is--in His own true essential nature, and worshipped false gods instead. The phrase "into a lie," is literally, with a lie, the "lie" being regarded as the instrument by which the substitution is made. By "a lie" is meant here "false gods," who are the supreme embodiment of falsehood. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm" title="He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?">Isaiah 44:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm" title="This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, said the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.">Jeremiah 13:25</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm" title="O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.">Jeremiah 16:19</a>, &c.)The introduction of the doxology in this verse is due to an impulse of reverential feeling. Shocked at the language which he finds himself using, and at the connection in which the most Holy Name has been mentioned, the Apostle turns aside for a moment to testify to his own humble adoration.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 25. - Who (rather, being such as, the word is οἵτινες, equivalent to quippequi) changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. This verse repeats the source and cause of the moral degradation spoken of, which is described without reserve in what follows. "In peccatis arguendis saepe scapha debet scapha dict. Gravitas et ardor stilt judicialis proprietate verborum non violat verceundiam" (Bengel). <a href="/commentaries/romans/1-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[They] οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. exchanged μετήλλαξαν (metēllaxan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3337.htm">Strong's 3337: </a> To change, transform, alter, exchange. From meta and allasso; to exchange. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. truth ἀλήθειαν (alētheian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_225.htm">Strong's 225: </a> From alethes; truth. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. a lie, ψεύδει (pseudei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5579.htm">Strong's 5579: </a> A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. worshiped ἐσεβάσθησαν (esebasthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4573.htm">Strong's 4573: </a> To worship, stand in awe of. Middle voice from a derivative of sebomai; to venerate, i.e. Adore. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. served ἐλάτρευσαν (elatreusan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3000.htm">Strong's 3000: </a> To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. created things κτίσει (ktisei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2937.htm">Strong's 2937: </a> From ktizo; original formation. rather than παρὰ (para) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Creator, Κτίσαντα (Ktisanta) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2936.htm">Strong's 2936: </a> To create, form, shape, make, always of God. Probably akin to ktaomai; to fabricate, i.e. Found. who ὅς (hos) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. forever αἰῶνας (aiōnas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. worthy of praise! εὐλογητὸς (eulogētos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2128.htm">Strong's 2128: </a> (used only of God), blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise. From eulogeo; adorable. Amen. ἀμήν (amēn) Hebrew Word <a href="/greek/strongs_281.htm">Strong's 281: </a> Of Hebrew origin; properly, firm, i.e. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/1-25.htm">NT Letters: Romans 1:25 Who exchanged the truth of God (Rom. 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