οἵτινεςhoitinesWhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.Whoμετήλλαξανmetēllaxanchangedμεταλλάσσω (metallassō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “changed”, a single actionG3337I change, transform, alter, exchange.changedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀλήθειανalētheiantruthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “truth”, the object formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.the truthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἐνenintoἐνpreposition — “into”G1722in, on, among.intoτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ψεύδειpseudeia lieψεῦδος (pseudos)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “a lie”, the to- or for-formG5579a lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion.a lieκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐσεβάσθησανesebasthēsanworshippedσεβάζομαι (sebazomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “worshipped”, a single actionG4573I worship, stand in awe of.worshippedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐλάτρευσανelatreusanservedλατρεύω (latreuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “served”, a single actionG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.servedτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κτίσειktiseicreatureκτίσις (ktisis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “creature”, the to- or for-formG2937(often of the founding of a city), (a) abstr: creation, (b) concr: creation, creature, institution; always of Divine work, (c) an institution, ordinance.This verse uses “creature”.the creatureπαρὰparamore thanπαράpreposition — “more than”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.more thanτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κτίσανταktisantaCreatorκτίζω (ktizō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “Creator”, a single actionG2936I create, form, shape, make, always of God.the Creatorὅςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἐστινestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isεὐλογητὸςeulogētosblessedεὐλογητόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “blessed”, the subject formG2128(used only of God), blessed (as entitled to receive blessing from man), worthy of praise.This verse uses “blessed”.blessedεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶναςaiōnaseverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.everἀμήνamēnAmenἀμήνparticle — “Amen”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “amen”.Amen
Literal (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.
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American Standard Version (1901)
for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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.
World English Bible
who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Darby Translation
who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created [it], who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Douay-Rheims
Who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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