Romans 1:28
What is written? (ESV)
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
What does it say?
Those refusing to acknowledge God, He gives way for them to do the unrighteousness of their depraved mind.
What is its immediate context?
Paul’s letter to the Christians living in Rome expressing his eagerness to come there and preach (vs 15). He praises them for their faith being “proclaimed in all the world” (vs 8) and contrasts living by faith (vs 17) with those that know God but have not honored him as God (vs 21).
How Romans 1:28 is applied across Bible answers
Can our free moral agency be lost?
God will, at some point, turn people over to their self-determined path of sinful behavior.
Can repentance become impossible (Hebrews 6:4-6)?
God gives way to those determined to refuse Him and act sinfully.
