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Romans 1:25

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Romans 1:25

Verse 25 of 32

Scripture focus

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.

Romans 1:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Romans 1:25

Theological / Devotional

Changed the truth. Or, “exchanged the truth.” They bartered the truth about God for what was false.

A lie. Compare Jer. 10:14. Idols are embodied lies. Man must make them, yet they are supposed to represent Him who made man (Isa. 40:18-20). They have eyes, but cannot see; they have mouths, but cannot speak (Ps. 115:5-7 ; 135:15-17).

Worshipped and served. The first term may refer to worship in general; the second, to worship through special rites or sacrifices.

The creature. That is, any created being or thing.

More than. Better, “rather than.” They rejected the Creator to worship the thing created.

Blessed. Gr. eulogetos, not the same word used in the Beatitudes (see on Matt. 5:3), but an expression of praise and glory frequently, as here, ascribed to God (see Ps. 89:52, LXX; Rom. 9:5; 2 Cor. 1:3 ; 11:31). The ascription is especially appropriate here, to show Paul’s own loyalty to God in contrast with the apostasy of the heathen, which the apostle is describing.

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