# Because they did not approve of having God in their awareness

"They did not think it was necessary to know God"

# they ... their ... them

These words refer to the "people" of [Romans 1:18](../01/18.md).

# he gave them up to a corrupted mind

Here "a corrupted mind" means a mind that thinks only about immoral things. Alternate translation: "God allowed their minds, which they had filled with worthless and immoral thoughts, to completely control them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# not proper

"disgraceful" or "sinful"