Romans 1:24-26 KJV,ASV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:25

Verse 25 25.Who changed, etc. He repeats what he had said before, though in different words, in order to fix it deeper in our minds. When the truth of God is turned to a lie, his glory is obliterated. It is then but just, that they should be besprinkled with every kind of infamy, who strive to take away from God his honor, and also to reproach his name. — And worshipped, etc. That I might include two words in one, I have given this rendering. He points out especially the sin of idolatry; for... read more

John Calvin

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

(a) The heathen world in general. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The inexcusableness of the heathen. In the twentieth verse the apostle speaks of the heathen as "without excuse." These words describe the condition of those who have wilfully rejected light. They do not, indeed, describe their condition from their own standpoint or from the standpoint of men generally. From their own standpoint men are seldom "without excuse." No matter how gross or glaring the offence is, the offender has usually some excuse to offer. Adam and Eve had their excuses... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The revelation of wrath. "For." Note the transition. The introduction into a status of righteousness presupposes a status of unrighteousness, involving wrath. So, then, we have here—man's guilt, God's wrath. I. MAN 'S GUILT . Man's guilt, which is his obnoxious relation to the judgment of God, is established by reference to the well-known state of the Gentile world, branded by its own doings as "ungodly" and "unrighteous." 1. Ungodliness. The deepest root of man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

God's wrath as revealed among the Gentiles. In last homily we saw that the gospel Paul meant to preach at Rome, if he ever got there, was a "revelation of justice" on the part of God. By his covenant arrangements "God can be just, and yet the Justifier of him who believeth in Jesus." He can proclaim the sinner just on the ground of Christ's atonement. But now we are introduced to another "revelation" made in the constitution of the world—a revelation which is also grounded on justice, hut... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:22-25

Downward evolution. No charge more acutely stings a man than that of being considered senseless; he would rather be deemed a knave than a fool. The apostle shows that man, whom God created upright that he might behold God and heavenly things, has continually gazed at the earth, and become prone like the beasts. Thus bending, he has wrapped his soul in shadow, and his religion, instead of a blessing, has proved a curse. I. THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES ORIGINATES IN A NATURAL ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:24

Wherefore God ( καὶ , here in the Textus Receptus, is ill supported) gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, to dishonour their own bodies between (rather, among ) themselves . So τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι , etc., is rendered in the Authorized Version. The verb, however, is probably passive, a middle use of it not being elsewhere found. In either ease the general meaning is the same. The genitive, τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι , seems most naturally taken as denoting... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:24-27

Evil passion. A more frightful exhibition of sin and its consequences than that given by the apostle in the latter part of this chapter could not have been presented; yet to have said less than this would have been to fall short of the facts of the case, which needed to be stated in order to prepare the way for the publication of a gospel of pardon and of purity. I. THE ROOT OF EVIL PASSION , OR LUST , IS IN THE WORSHIP OF THE CREATURE . The beginning of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:25

Who (rather, being such as, the word is οἵτινες , equivalent to quippequi ) changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen . This verse repeats the source and cause of the moral degradation spoken of, which is described without reserve in what follows. " In peccatis arguendis saepe scapha debet scapha dict. Gravitas et ardor stilt judicialis proprietate verborum non violat verceundiam "... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 1:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:24-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:25

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