John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:26
Verse 26 26.God therefore gave them up, etc. After having introduced as it were an intervening clause, he returns to what he had before stated respecting the judgment of God: and he brings, as the first example, the dreadful crime of unnatural lust; and it hence appears that they not only abandoned themselves to beastly lusts, but became degraded beyond the beasts, since they reversed the whole order of nature. He then enumerates a long catalogue of vices which had existed in all ages, and then... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness - αδικια , every vice contrary to justice and righteousness. Fornication - Πορνειᾳ , all commerce between the sexes out of the bounds of lawful marriage. Some of the best MSS. omit this reading; and others have ακαθαρσιᾳ , uncleanness. Wickedness - Πονηριᾳ , malignity, that which is oppressive to its possessor and to its object; from πονος , labor, toil, etc. Covetousness - Πλεονεξιᾳ , from πλειον , more, and ἑξω , I will... read more