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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 1:18

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;For — There is no other way of obtaining life and salvation. Having laid down his proposition, the apostle now enters upon the proof of it. His first argument is, The law condemns all men, as being under sin. None therefore is justified by the works of the law. This is treated of Romans 3:20. And hence he infers, Therefore justification is by faith.The wrath of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:18

18. Wrath Divine wrath is the intense divine opposition of good against bad, of right against wrong, of holiness against depravity. It exists most intensely in the most holy nature, and therefore most perfectly, and in truth infinitely, in the heart of God. It reveals itself in the form of penalty against those who embody the evil guiltily and responsibly in their own persons, such penalty being in the form of misery or destruction. Revealed from heaven Commentators have indicated various... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:18-32

I. THE RUIN. FALLEN MAN WITHOUT THE GRACE OF CHRIST, Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20. 1. Condition of the heathen world, Romans 1:18 to Romans 2:16 . The structure of human salvation must base its pillars deep in the profound of human ruin. Of that ruin, therefore, the apostle furnishes a just but gloomy picture. 1. He first portrays the heathen world, illustrating man’s fall by the extremes of depravity to which condemning history shows that human nature can go, (Romans 1:18-32.) 2. Leaving... read more

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