Idolatry is common in our day. Romans 1:24-27 "Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts..." Passage: "Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Ask Question Asked 2 years, 3 months ago. (Romans 1:24 NIV) The first mark of wickedness in a godless society is widespread sexual immorality -- the degrading, or the dishonoring, of the body. Romans 1:24. Question: "What does it mean that ‘God gave them over’ in Romans 1:24–28?" Having shown that the heathen had the truth and held it back in unrighteousness, the Apostle now shows how God’s wrath was displayed: generally in giving them up to uncleanness (Romans 1:24-25), and specially to unnatural sensuality (Romans 1:26-27), as well as to other vices which are named (Romans 1:28-32). Romans 1:24-27: Going Down, Down, Down, Part 1 - Steven Cole; Romans 1:24-25 Abandoned by God, Part 1 - John MacArthur; Therefore (dio) means for which, wherefore, therefore and is a term of conclusion, which in the present context explains that because they gave God up and exchanged His glory for a dumb idol, God gave them up. Wherefore. NIV Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. Gave them up. This immorality is a result of the idolatry into which men fall. It's also quite controversial, cited frequently these days in support of the belief that homosexuality is inherently evil in the eyes of God. In Romans 1:24 what does Paul mean by παρέδωκεν (“gave them over”)? Active 2 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 502 times 1. Romans 1:24-32. The apostle's words are playing out openly in our daily news as marriage loses its traditional value in this society. Note that the sentence begins with the word therefore. In this passage, Paul describes the current generation—how men have rejected God's will and supplanted it with gross idolatry and how they have become lovers of themselves, exalting the creation and their desires above the Creator. Dear Friend, You have asked about Romans 1:24-32; I'm not going to transcribe it here because it's quite long.