romans-1:26-27-niv

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 1:24-27

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 1:26

For this cause God gave them up ( παρέδωκε , as before) to vile affections ( πάθη ἀτιμίας , i.e. "passions of infamy;" cf. above, τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι ). For the use, on the other hand, of the words τιμὴ and τίμιος to denote seemly and honourable indulgence of the sexual affections, cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 ( τὸ ἐαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῶ καὶ τιμῆ ) and Hebrews 13:4 ( τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσι καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος ). For their women changed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:27

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. By the "recompense" ( ἀντιμισθίαν ) is meant here, not any further result, such as disease or physical prostration, but the very fact of their being given up to a state in which they can crave and delight in such odious gratifications of unnatural lust. It is the ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:26

For this cause - On account of what had just been specified; to wit, that they did not glorify him as God, that they were unthankful, that they became polytheists and idolaters. In the previous verses he had stated their speculative belief. He now proceeds to show its practical influences on their conduct.Vile affections - Disgraceful passions or desires. That is, to those which are immediately specified. The great object of the apostle here, it will be remembered, is to shew the state of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:27

And likewise the men ... - The sin which is here specified is what was the shameful sin of Sodom, and which from that has been called sodomy. It would scarcely be credible that man had been guilty of a crime so base and so degrading, unless there was ample and full testimony to it. Perhaps there is no sin which so deeply shows the depravity of man as this; none which would so much induce one “to hang his head, and blush to think himself a man.” And yet the evidence that the apostle did not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:26-27

Romans 1:26-27 . For this cause To punish them for their inexcusable neglect, or contempt rather, of the ever-blessed God; and for all their idolatries and impieties; God gave them up unto vile affections Abandoned them to the most infamous passions, to which the heathen Romans were enslaved to the last degree, and none more than the emperors themselves. For even their women From whom the strictest modesty might reasonably be expected; did change the natural use of their bodies into... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

1:18-3:20 HUMANKIND’S SINFUL CONDITIONThe Gentile world (1:18-32)Because God is holy, just and true, he has an attitude of wrath, or righteous anger, against all that is wrong. He is opposed to sin in all its forms, and therefore guilty sinners are under his judgment. The Gentiles may not have received the teaching about God that the Jews have received, but they cannot excuse themselves by saying they know nothing about God. The created universe should tell them that there is a supreme being, a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 1:26

For this cause = Because of ( App-104 .Romans 1:2; Romans 1:2 ) this. vile affections = passions of infamy (Greek. atimia. Here, Romans 9:21 . 1 Corinthians 11:14 ; 1 Corinthians 15:43 . 2Co 6:8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:21 . 2 Timothy 2:20 ). affections = passions, or lusts. Greek. pathos . Only here; Colossians 3:5 . 1 Thessalonians 4:5 . natural . Greek. phusikos. Only here, Rom 1:27 ; 2 Peter 2:12 . use . Greek. chresis. Only here and Romans 1:27 . against . Greek. para. App-104 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:24-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 1:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:26-27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 1:18-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 1:26

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