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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 1:21-23

Honoring God as God and giving Him thanks (Romans 1:21) are our primary duties to God in view of who He is. When people reject truth, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to recognize and receive truth.Whenever human wisdom sets itself against God, the result is soon seen in human foolishness." [Note: Griffith Thomas, St. Paul’s Epistle . . ., p. 69.] Mythology and idolatry have resulted from man’s need to identify some power greater than himself and his refusal to acknowledge God as that... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:17

1:17 God (d-4) 'Righteousness of God.' The absence of the article may arrest the mind here, and in some other places, in this part of the epistle. It is likely to do so, because the righteousness of God is now a known doctrine; not so when the apostle taught. The righteousness of God was a wholly new thought, as was indeed wrath from heaven. wrath on earth was not. The gospel, or 'glad tidings,' was the power of God to salvation, because righteousness of God (that kind of righteousness) was... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:18

1:18 heaven (f-9) 'Wrath of God from heaven is revealed.' see Note d; 'there' is merely the impersonal form, not an adverb, but necessary, as it is difficult to put the words in another order without injuring the sense. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:19

1:19 is (g-3) Or 'may be.' The Greek word here is used for 'may be known.' What is spoken of here is 'knowledge acquirable by nature in contrast with revelation,' it means what is within the capacity of man's apprehension. But 'is known' sufficiently represents that and is more exact. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:20

1:20 divinity, (h-30) What is characteristic of God; not 'Godhead,' as in Colossians 2:9 . render (i-35) The Greek expression does not affirm that they are so, but states the consequence of the display of creative glory in what was seen. 'So that they should,' or 'might be,' is ambiguous in English, and implies purpose. Hence I have said 'so as to render,' which gives the sense. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:21

1:21 Because (a-1) This is the second reason. the first is ver. 19. thoughts, (b-19) The 'inward reasonings of the mind,' as Luke 9:46 . The word 'thoughts' in English conveys this best. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:1-32

The Power of the Gospel and the need of the World. The Guilt of the HeathenIn his salutation the apostle emphasises his commission, and the greatness of the Person whose servant he is and who is the centre of his message (Romans 1:1-7). After expressing his desire to visit the Romans (Romans 1:8-15), he states the subject of his Epistle, viz. acceptance with God through faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16-17), and proceeds to develop it by showing that none have been able to merit acceptance... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:8-17

(8-17) The Apostle congratulates the Romans on the good report of them that he had heard. He had long and earnestly desired to visit them in person. Yes, even in Rome he must preach the gospel—of which he is not ashamed, but proud. It is fraught with nothing less than salvation itself alike to Jew and Gentile. In it is revealed that great plan or scheme of God by which man is made just before Him.To the modern reader who does not make an effort to enter into the mind of the Apostle, the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:17

(17) The gospel attains its end, the salvation of the believer, by revealing the righteousness of God, i.e., the plan or process designed by Him for men to become just or righteous in His sight. The essential part on man’s side, the beginning and end of that plan, is Faith. For which there was authority in the Old Testament, where it is said, “The just shall live by faith.”The righteousness of God.—By this is not meant, as might, perhaps, be supposed, an attribute of the divine nature—as if the... read more

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