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Roma 1:25

Sebab mereka menggantikan kebenaran Allah dengan dusta dan memuja dan menyembah makhluk dengan melupakan Penciptanya yang harus dipuji selama-lamanya, amin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Conscience;   Gentiles;   God Continued...;   Idolatry;   Lasciviousness;   Rome;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Holy Spirit;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Service;   Sexual Activities;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gentiles;   Heathen, the;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rome, Romans;   Vanity;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Cain;   Concubine;   Divorce;   Eternity;   Fornication;   Gentile;   Heart;   Idol, idolatry;   Lie;   Marriage;   Mission;   Nature;   Noah;   Sin;   Truth;   World;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amen;   Amos, Theology of;   Blessing;   Condemnation;   Evil;   Hell;   Homosexuality;   Idol, Idolatry;   Immorality, Sexual;   Lie, Lying;   Marriage;   Sanctification;   Sin;   Time;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Judgment, Last;   Omnipotence of God;   Polytheism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Idolatry;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Balaam;   Micaiah;   Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Gentiles;   Godlessness;   Judgment Day;   Regeneration;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Idolatry;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Paul the Apostle;   Person of Christ;   Reprobate;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Text of the New Testament;   Truth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alpha and Omega (2);   Atonement (2);   Benediction ;   Doxology ;   God;   Heathen;   Justification;   Liberty;   Minister Ministry;   Name ;   Praise;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sin;   Sin (2);   Wisdom of Solomon;   Worldliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Creator;   13 To Worship, Serve;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Idolatry;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Astronomy;   Change;   Justification;   Truth;   Worship;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 25;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sebab mereka menggantikan kebenaran Allah dengan dusta dan memuja dan menyembah makhluk dengan melupakan Penciptanya yang harus dipuji selama-lamanya, amin.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
sebab mereka itu menukarkan kebenaran Allah dengan dusta, dan menyembah sambil beribadat kepada makhluk ganti kepada Khalik yang dipuji selama-lamanya. Amin.

Contextual Overview

19 For that that may be knowen of God, is manifest among them, because God hath shewed it vnto them. 20 For his inuisible thinges, being vnderstanded by his workes, through the creation of the worlde, are seene, that is, both his eternall power and godhead: So that they are without excuse. 21 Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded. 22 When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles: 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God, vnto an image, made not only after the similitude of a mortal man, but also of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of crepyng beastes. 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse, through the lustes of their owne heartes, to defyle their owne bodies among them selues. 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye, and worshipped and serued the creature, more then the creator, which is to be praysed for euer. Amen. 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes: For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse, into that which is agaynst nature. 27 And likewise also, the men left the naturall vse of the woman, and brent in their lustes one with another, and men with men wrought fylthynesse, and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour (as it was accordyng) 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

changed: Romans 1:23

the truth: Romans 1:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 John 5:20

into a lie: Isaiah 44:20, Jeremiah 10:14, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 13:25, Jeremiah 16:19, Amos 2:4, John 2:8, Habakkuk 2:18

the creature: Romans 1:23, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 10:37, 2 Timothy 3:4, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16

more: or, rather, who is, Romans 9:5, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Ephesians 3:21, 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 1:17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:19 - the host Psalms 33:6 - the host Psalms 52:3 - lovest Colossians 2:18 - worshipping

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.
Genesis 1:19
And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
Job 26:13
His spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath made the crooked serpent.
Jeremiah 27:5
I am he that made the earth, the men, and the cattell that are vpon the grounde with my great power & stretched out arme, and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who changed the truth of God into a lie,.... Not the truth of the Gospel, which they were unacquainted with; but that which might be known of God as true, and was known of them by the light of nature; or the true God himself, whom they "changed into a lie"; by ascribing to false deities, which were lying vanities, those things which were known of God; and by worshipping them instead of him: for they

worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator; or "above him" or "against him", in opposition to him, or "besides him", others along with him; or neglecting him, and not worshipping him at all; which is aggravated in that what they worshipped was a creature, either of their own, or of God's making, and whom they neglected was the Creator of them:

who is blessed for ever, Amen; is blessed in himself, and the fountain of all blessedness to his creatures; which is so glaring a truth, that everyone ought to say and set his "Amen" to it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who changed the truth of God - This is a repetition of the declaration in Romans 1:23, in another form. The phrase, “the truth of God” is a Hebrew phrase, meaning “the true God.” In such a case, where two nouns come together, one is employed as an adjective to qualify the other. Most commonly the latter of two nouns is used as the adjective, but sometimes it is the former, as in this case. God is called “the true God” in opposition to idols, which are called false gods. There is but one real or true God, and all others are false.

Into a lie - Into idols, or false gods. Idols are not infrequently called falsehood and lies, because they are not true representations of God; Jeremiah 13:25; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 10:14; Psalms 40:4.

The creature - Created things, as the sun, moon, animals, etc.

Who is blessed forever - It was not uncommon to add a doxology, or ascription of praise to God, when his name was mentioned; see Romans 9:5; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 1:5. The Jews also usually did it. In this way they preserved veneration for the name of God, and accustomed themselves to speak of him with reverence. “The Muslims also borrowed this custom from the Jews, and practice it to a great extent. Tholuck mentions an Arabic manuscript in the library at Berlin which contains an account of heresies in respect to Islamism, and as often as the writer has occasion to mention the name of a new heretical sect, he adds, ‘God be exalted above all which they say’” (Stuart).

Amen - This is a Hebrew word denoting strong affirmation. So let it be. It implies here the solemn assent of the writer to what was just said; or his strong wish that what he had said might be - that the name of God might be esteemed and be blessed forever. The mention of the degrading idolatry of the pagans was strongly calculated to impress on his mind the superior excellency and glory of the one living God. It is mentioned respecting the honorable Robert Boyle, that he never mentioned the name of God without a solemn pause, denoting his profound reverence. Such a practice would tend eminently to prevent an unholy familiarity and irreverence in regard to the sacred name of the Most High; compare Exodus 20:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 25. Changed the truth of God into a lie — In the place of the true worship of God, they established idolatry. In various places of Scripture idols are termed lies. Isaiah 44:20; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 13:25. The true God was known among the primitive inhabitants of the earth, those who first became idolaters literally changed the truth of God into a lie: they did know the true God, but they put idols in his place.


 
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