Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Exchanged (methllacan). First aorist active indicative of metallassw, old word for exchanging trade, only here and verse Romans 1:26 in N.T. What a bargain they made, "the truth of God for (en) the (tw) lie." "The price of mythology" (Bengel).
Worshipped (esebasqhsan). First aorist passive (used transitively) of sebazomai, old verb, used in late Greek like sebomai, to worship.
Rather than the Creator (para ton ktisanta). Placed side by side (para, the Creator and the creature, ktisiv) they preferred the creature.
Who is blessed forever. Amen (ov estin euloghtos. Amhn). One of Paul's doxologies which may come at any moment when he is greatly stirred, as in Romans 9:5. Euloghtov is verbal of eulogew.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 1:25:
Acts 17:16
Acts 17:27
Romans 1:18
Romans 3:9
Romans 3:19
Romans 4:5
Romans 11:30
Romans 11:32
Romans 14:5
Romans 16:25
Romans 16:26
2 Corinthians 1:3
2 Corinthians 11:31
Ephesians 1:3
Ephesians 2:12
Colossians 1:16
Colossians 1:23
2 Thessalonians 1:9
2 Thessalonians 2:11
1 Peter 2:13
Revelation 22:15
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