Romans 1:25 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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 for ever. Amen.

Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "changed", "truth", "worshipped", "served", "creature", "than", "creator", and "blessed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "changed" and "truth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Wherefore God also gave them up to..." into verse 26's "For this cause God gave them up...", so "changed" and "truth" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "changed" and "truth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.