Romans 1:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 1:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 1:28 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those thin..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 1:28 — KJV
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; to retain: or, to acknowledge a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind”
— Romans 1:28 (KJV)
Romans 1:28 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 1:28
“Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.”
Shares key themes with Romans 1:28: even, like, god
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him”
Shares key themes with Romans 1:28: even, like, god
“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces”
Shares key themes with Romans 1:28: god, knowledge, acknowledge
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
Shares key themes with Romans 1:28: even, like, god
“Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?”
Shares key themes with Romans 1:28: even, god, gave
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