Romans 1:26. For this cause; namely, because of the apostasy described in Romans 1:25. But as that passage repeats in another form the thought of Romans 1:23, so this verse takes up anew the thought of Romans 1:24. The uncleanness to which the heathen were given up took a special and aggravated form; as vile passions, lit., ‘passions of dishonor.' Those are truthfully described, and yet with modest reticence.

For both; or, ‘even'; but the former seems preferable on account of ‘also' (Romans 1:27).

Women; lit., ‘females.' Abundant evidence of such unnatural crime is found in heathen writers.

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