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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:28

And even as they did not like ... - This was the true source of their crimes. They did not choose to acknowledge God. It was not because they could not, but because they were displeased with God, and chose to forsake him, and follow their own passions and lusts.To retain God ... - To think of him, or to serve and adore him. This was the first step in their sin. It was not that God compelled them; or that he did not give them knowledge; nor even is it said that he arbitrarily abandoned them as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:28-31

Romans 1:28-31. And as they did not like ουκ εδοκιμασαν , they did not approve, to retain God in their knowledge Or rather, as εχειν εν επιγνωσει more properly signifies, to retain him with acknowledgment. For it is proved above that they were not wholly without the knowledge of God in the world: but they did not acknowledge him as they ought; did not use or improve the knowledge they had of him to the purposes for which it had been vouch-safed. Or, as Dr. Macknight interprets it,... 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 1:28

And even . . . mind . There is a play upon two words here, not easily expressed in Eng. "As they rejected God, God rejected them. " did . . . like . Greek. dokimazo, to accept after testing, to approve. Compare Romans 2:18 ; Romans 12:2 ; Romans 14:22 . 1 Corinthians 9:27 . knowledge . App-132 . reprobate . Greek. adokimos. The negative of dokimos. Compare dokima z o , above. Here, 1Co 9:27 . 2 Corinthians 13:5 , 2 Corinthians 13:6 , 2Co 13:7 ; 2 Timothy 3:8 . Titus 1:16 . Hebrews 6:8... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 1:28

And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting.Thus, the third time in half a dozen verses, it is written that "God gave them up," and, in each instance, reference is made to the principle of retribution. God's giving people up was not capricious, but founded upon the righteous premise that such conduct deserved the adverse judgment it received. There is also observed here the concept of punishment... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 1:28

Romans 1:28. And, even as they did not like to retain God, &c.— The word Δοκιμαζω, which we render like, signifies to search or explore; as goldsmiths try metal, to distinguish the good from the counterfeit. 1 Thessalonians 5:21. 1 Peter 1:7. In opposition to this, the phrase αδοκιμος νους, which we render a reprobate mind, Mr. Locke very ingeniously observes, must signify an unsearching injudicious mind; for St. Paul often uses compounds and derivatives, in the sense wherein a little... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 1:28

28-31. gave them over—or "up" (see on :-). to do those things which are not convenient—in the old sense of that word, that is, "not becoming," "indecorous," "shameful." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 1:18-32

A. The need of all people 1:18-32Perhaps Paul began by showing all people’s need for God’s righteousness first because he was the apostle to the Gentiles and his Roman readers were primarily Gentiles. His argument in Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20 moves inward through a series of concentric circles of humanity."God never condemns without just cause. Here three bases are stated for His judgment of the pagan world. For suppressing God’s truth (Romans 1:18) For ignoring God’s revelation (Romans... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 1:28-32

3. The wickedness of mankind 1:28-32The second key word in Romans 1:18, "unrighteousness" (Romans 1:29), reappears at the head of this list of man’s sinful practices. It is a general word describing the evil effects in human relations that man’s suppressing the knowledge of God produces. In the Greek text there is a wordplay that highlights God’s just retribution. As people disapproved of the idea of retaining God in their thinking, so God gave them over to a disapproved mind (Romans 1:28).... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 1:28

1:28 good (d-8) Not 'did not like.' The word means 'to assay, test, prove,' and thence 'to approve' as Philippians 1:10 . reprobate (e-21) Or, as some, 'a mind void of moral discernment.' read more