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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 1:28

To retain God in their knowledge; or, to have God in acknowledgment. The apostle proceeds to show the analogy betwixt their sin and their punishment. The evil he here taxed them with is much the same with that in Romans 1:21; though they had some knowledge of God, yet they did not acknowledge him as God, by glorifying him, and giving thanks to him; it did not seem good to them so to do. God gave them over to a reprobate mind; or, an injudicious mind, a mind void of judgment. It is just and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 1:22-32

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 1:22-23.—Here begins a dark picture of heathenism, but fully verified from the writings of what has been called the most brilliant age of the most intellectual nations of the world. St. Paul traces man’s downward progress. Evolution, but in the wrong direction. According to the Jewish rabbis, one sin made to follow as the punishment of another. τὴν δόξαν, spoken of God, refers to the divine majesty and glory.Romans 1:25. Who is blessed for ever.—These doxologies common in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

Romans 1:18-32 The Natural History of Paganism. I. St. Paul's first proposition is, that from the first the heathen knew enough of God from His works to render them without excuse for not worshipping Him. II. Secondly, the Apostle declares that the heathen have culpably repressed and hindered from its just influence the truth which they did know respecting God. He traces polytheistic and idolatrous worship to its root. (1) Its first origin he finds in a refusal to walk honestly by such light as... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 1:28

did not like refused to have. Lit. did not approve God. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 1:1-32

This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens his epistle to the Romans declaring:Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God ( Romans 1:1 ).Twenty-five years before Paul wrote this epistle to the Romans he was on the road to Damascus to imprison the Christians there. When suddenly about noon there came a light brighter than the mid-day sun and there the Lord said, "Saul, Saul why persecute thou me?" And he answered and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:1-32

Romans 1:1 . Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, in the sense he himself illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Called to be an apostle, and endowed with heavenly gifts in a special manner, when the Lord himself appeared to him, as stated on Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14. This call, being purely divine, made him a debtor to all men, and gave him a title to address... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:26-32

Romans 1:26-32For this cause God gave them up to vile affections. Human depravityI. The cause of all this gross ignorance and corruption is assigned in Romans 1:28. “They did not like to retain God in their knowledge.”1. The expression plainly assumes God’s having been known, and that the cause of corruption and loss of the original knowledge was entirely of a moral nature. This will appear--(1) From the word itself--“they did not like.” Inability: whether arising from the want of evidence, or... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:28

Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind.The state of heathendomIdolatry is essentially the same in every age and place.1. In its origin. It flows from a corrupt heart, desirous not to retain the knowledge of God.2. In its nature. However great the variety, or modes of worship, there is a grand generic likeness in them all. The Greeks may worship Jupiter, and the Hindoos Vishnu; one class a god, and another a goddess; but... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:28

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Ver. 28. To a reprobate mind ] Or, an injudicious mind; or, a mind rejected, disallowed, abhorred of God; or a mind that none hath cause to glory in, but rather to be much ashamed of. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 1:28

as they did: Romans 1:18, Romans 1:21, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 5:13, Proverbs 17:16, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 9:6, Hosea 4:6, Acts 17:23, Acts 17:32, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:8, 1 Corinthians 15:34, 2 Corinthians 4:4-Joshua :, 2 Corinthians 10:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-2 Kings :, 2 Peter 3:5 retain: or, acknowledge a reprobate mind: or, a mind void of judgment, Jeremiah 6:30, 2 Corinthians 13:5-Judges :, 2... read more

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