Romans Chapter 1 Vs. 27

God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

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. Rom 1:27

leaving the natural... This is sodomy or homosexuality (Gen. 8:21; 19:5; Lev. 20:13; Deut. 23:17; 1Ki. 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki. 23:7; Joel 3:3; Eph. 5:4; 2Tim. 3:3, 3:13; 2Pet. 2:7-22; Jude 1:7-19).

burned in their... Greek: ekkaiomai, were inflamed.

Unseemly... Greek: aschemosune, indecent.

Receiving... Greek: apolambano, receiving back in full.

Recompence... Greek: antimisthia, retribution.

Error... Greek: plane, wandering—wrong action, wickedness. Here; Mat. 27:64; Eph. 4:14; 1Thes. 2:3, note; 2Thes. 2:11; Jas. 5:20; 2Pet. 2:18; 3:17; 1Jn. 4:6; Jude 1:11. Both men and women weakened and debilitated their bodies by unnatural prostitution's, so that they received in themselves the penalties of their wickedness.

Abandoned to sexual perversion

The words translated women and men in these verses are the sexual words “females” and “males.” Contemporary homosexuals insist that these verses mean that it is perverse for a heterosexual male or female to engage in homosexual relations but it is not perverse for a homosexual male or female to do so since homosexuality is such a person’s natural preference. This is strained exegesis unsupported by the Bible. The only natural sexual relationship the Bible recognizes is a heterosexual one (Gen. 2:21-24; Mat. 19:4-6) within marriage. All homosexual relations constitute sexual perversion and are subject to God’s judgment. Such lustful and indecent acts have within them the seeds of punishment (due penalty). In these two verses, Paul mentions the woman first to show the extent of debauchery under the wrath of abandonment, because in most cultures women are the last to be affected by moral collapse.

God turned His back to these lesbians and homosexuals. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God for this very sin. It is natural for Paul to write of this particular sin to the Romans, because this very sin was rampant in their society. God calls this sin an abomination. It is also called against nature, which God created.

Sex is for the procreation of life and these unnatural uses do not create life, they create death. Notice the last sentence of verse 27 (the recompense of their error which was meets (due). God's wrath will fall on this person for this type of sin if they do not repent.