Romans 3:18 ASV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:18

There is no fear of God - Psalms 36:1. The word “fear” here denotes “reverence, awe, veneration.” There is no such regard or reverence for the character, authority, and honor of God as to restrain them from crime. Their conduct shows that they are not withheld from the commission of iniquity by any regard to the fear or favor of God. The only thing that will be effectual in restraining people from sin, will be a regard to the honor and Law of God.In regard to these quotations from the Old... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:9-18

Romans 3:9-18. What then Well then, (may a Jew further urge,) since you grant that the Jews have the advantage of the Gentiles in point of privileges, having the oracles of God, the promises which he will never fail to observe, and the principles of righteousness which he will never himself violate in his conduct, are we not in a better condition for obtaining justification by our own obedience to his law? No, in no wise The apostle answers, that all are equal in that point, both Jews... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

All humankind is sinful (3:9-20)From his discussion on the state of the Gentile and Jewish worlds, Paul concludes that the whole human race is under the power of sin (9). He quotes from the Old Testament Scriptures to show how sin affects every part of human life. Sin causes people to be rebellious against God, both in their thoughts and in their actions (10-12). It causes their speech to be harmful and destructive (13-14) and their plans to be violently selfish (15-17). They have no respect... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:18

This is quoted from Psalms 36:1 . before . Greek. apenanti. See Acts 3:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:18

There is no fear of God before their eyes.It should be borne in mind that all these charges must be understood, not as mere prejudice on Paul's part, but as the pronouncements of the true prophets of God in the old institution. These things are what the Jewish scriptures say about the Jews. This verse is a quotation from Psalms 36:1, and seems to be presented here as a climax of all the wickedness already documented. Where there is no fear of God in the hearts of people, there is no practical... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:10-19

Romans 3:10-19. As it is written— In these verses and quotations from Scripture, the Apostle is evidently giving a description of the general character and morals of the infidel Jews in his own time, when he wrote the Epistle; a description, which suits their case as exactly as the foregoing one of the degeneracy of the heathen world suits theirs, the passage being picked and chosen for the purpose; but the manner of representing it is different. In the case of the Gentiles, he speaks out... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:18

18. There is no fear of God before their eyes— (Psalms 36:1): that is, "Did the eyes but 'see Him who is invisible' (Psalms 36:1- :), a reverential awe of Him with whom we have to do would chasten every joy and lift the soul out of its deepest depressions; but to all this the natural man is a stranger." How graphic is this picture of human depravity, finding its way through each several organ of the body into the life (Psalms 36:1- :): but how small a part of the "desperate wickedness" that is... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:9-20

C. The guilt of all humanity 3:9-20Having now proven all people, Jews and Gentiles, under God’s wrath, Paul drove the final nail in mankind’s spiritual coffin by citing Scriptural proof. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:10-18

Paul was writing to a primarily Gentile congregation, so he concluded rather than began his argument with an appeal to Scripture. Contrast the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews who took the opposite approach when he addressed a primarily Jewish readership. The collection of passages Paul used both affirmed the universality of sin (Romans 3:10-12) and showed its pervasive inroads into all areas of individual and corporate life (Romans 3:13-18).In Romans 3:10-12 statement of the universality... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:18-20

II. THE NEED FOR GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS 1:18-3:20Paul began his explanation of the gospel by demonstrating that there is a universal need for it. Every human being needs to trust in Jesus Christ because everyone lacks the righteousness that God requires before He will accept us."Paul implicitly acknowledges that Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20 is an interruption in his exposition of the righteousness of God by reprising Romans 1:17 in Romans 3:21 . . . Some think that the ’revelation of God’s wrath’ is... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:9-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:10-19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:9-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:10-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:18-20

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