Romans 1:25

Romans 1:25

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

a. NLT: They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

b. NIV: They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

c. Young’s Literal Translation: who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

d. Amplified Bible: Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it).

1. “Who changed the truth of God into a lie…”

a. changed [236 * allasso] to make different.

b. truth [225 * aletheia][Strong: truth:--true, X truly, truth, verity.][Zodhiates: truth, reality; the unveiled reality lying at the basis of and agreeing with an appearance; the manifested, the veritable essence of matter.]

c. lie [5579 * pseudos][Strong: a falsehood:--lie, lying.][Thayer: a lie, conscious and intentional falsehood, perverse, impious, deceitful precepts.]

d. The “truth of God” these ancients turned into a lie was the plan of redemption revealed in the ancient meaning of the signs of the Zodiac. [See notes of Psalm 19:1; Job 38:32]   

2. “…and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.”

a. worshipped [4573 * sebazomai][Strong: venerate, adore, worship.][Thayer: to honor religiously, worship.]

b. served [3000 * latreuo][Strong: to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage:--serve, do the service, worship(-per).][Thayer: to serve for hire, in the NT, to render religious service or homage, to worship, to perform sacred services, to offer gifts, to worship God in the observance of the rites instituted for his worship.]

 c. creature [2937 * ktistes] [Strong: original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively):--building, creation, creature, ordinance.] [Thayer: the act of founding, establishing, building etc, the act of creating, creation, creation i.e. thing created

of individual things, beings, a creature, a creation, anything created, after a rabbinical usage (by which a man converted from idolatry to Judaism was called), the sum or aggregate of things created, institution, ordinance.]