 They're experiencing this sin God gives them up to it They're experiencing feudal thoughts or a debased mind and God turns them over to it. He surrenders them to it He hands them over to it. It's not passive on the part of God as though God just merely let's go It's a judicial act of God by which he delivers over the sinner to the rule or the dominion of something else He does it as an act of divine retribution Contribution against the sin of man, right? It is a just action on the part of God This is in keeping with the present active or ongoing Revelation of the wrath of God mentioned in verse 18, right? The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men This is an example of that present active ongoing revelation of God's wrath