Romans 1:14-25 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:25

Changed the truth of God into a lie - In the place of the true worship of God, they established idolatry. In various places of Scripture idols are termed lies. Isaiah 44:20 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Jeremiah 13:25 . The true God was known among the primitive inhabitants of the earth, those who first became idolaters literally changed the truth of God into a lie: they did know the true God, but they put idols in his place. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:14

Verse 14 14.I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, etc. Those whom he means by the Greeks and the Barbarians, he afterwards explains by adding, both to the wise and to the foolish; which words Erasmus has not rendered amiss by “learned and unlearned,” (eruditos et rudes ,) but I prefer to retain the very words of Paul. He then takes an argument from his own office, and intimates that it ought not to be ascribed to his arrogance, that he thought himself in a manner capable of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:15

Verse 15 15.I am therefore ready, (37) etc. He concludes what he had before said of his desire — that as he knew it to be his duty to spread the gospel among them, in order to gather fruit for the Lord, he was anxious to fulfill God’s calling, as far as he was allowed to do so by the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:16

Verse 16 16.I am not indeed ashamed, etc. This is an anticipation of an objection; for he declares beforehand, that he cared not for the taunts of the ungodly; and he thus provides a way for himself, by which he proceeds to pronounce an eulogy on the value of the gospel, that it might not appear contemptible to the Romans. He indeed intimates that it was contemptible in the eyes of the world; and he does this by saying, that he was not ashamed of it. And thus he prepares them for bearing the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:17

Verse 17 17.For (39) the righteousness of God, etc. This is an explanation and a confirmation of the preceding clause — that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation. For if we seek salvation, that is, life with God, righteousness must be first sought, by which being reconciled to him, we may, through him being propitious to us, obtain that life which consists only in his favor; for, in order to be loved by God, we must first become righteous, since he regards unrighteousness with hatred.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:18

Verse 18 18.For (42) revealed, etc. He reasons now by stating things of a contrary nature, and proves that there is no righteousness except what is conferred, or comes through the gospel; for he shows that without this all men are condemned: by it alone there is salvation to be found. And he brings, as the first proof of condemnation, the fact, — that though the structure of the world, and the most beautiful arrangement of the elements, ought to have induced man to glorify God, yet no one... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:19

Verse 19 19.Inasmuch as what may be known of God, etc. He thus designates what it behoves us to know of God; and he means all that appertains to the setting forth of the glory of the Lord, or, which is the same thing, whatever ought to move and excite us to glorify God. And by this expression he intimates, that God in his greatness can by no means be fully comprehended by us, and that there are certain limits within which men ought to confine themselves, inasmuch as God accommodates to our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:20

Verse 20 20.Since his invisible things, (46) etc. God is in himself invisible; but as his majesty shines forth in his works and in his creatures everywhere, men ought in these to acknowledge him, for they clearly set forth their Maker: and for this reason the Apostle in his Epistle to the Hebrews says, that this world is a mirror, or the representation of invisible things. He does not mention all the particulars which may be thought to belong to God; but he states, that we can arrive at the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:21

Verse 21 21.For when they knew God, etc. He plainly testifies here, that God has presented to the minds of all the means of knowing him, having so manifested himself by his works, that they must necessarily see what of themselves they seek not to know — that there is some God; for the world does not by chance exist, nor could it have proceeded from itself. But we must ever bear in mind the degree of knowledge in which they continued; and this appears from what follows. They glorified him not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:22

Verse 22 22.While they were thinking, etc. It is commonly inferred from this passage, that Paul alludes here to those philosophers, who assumed to themselves in a peculiar manner the reputation of wisdom; and it is thought that the design of his discourse is to show, that when the superiority of the great is brought down to nothing, the common people would have no reason to suppose that they had any thing worthy of being commended: but they seem to me to have been guided by too slender a... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:22

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