Romans 1:28
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;
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Study Note
'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.' The third 'God gave them over' (paredōken) in Romans 1:24-28 describes divine judgment as the removal of restraint — sin's own consequence becomes a deepened captivity to sin. The phrase 'reprobate mind' (adokimon noun) literally means a mind that has failed the test of discerning right from wrong, the cognitive counterpart to the moral degradation of the preceding verses. Paul's analysis anticipates modern understandings of how self-deception operates: suppressing the knowledge of God progressively degrades the capacity for genuine moral reasoning.
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And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they …
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.