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Verse 21. _BECAUSE THAT WHEN THEY KNEW GOD_] When they thus acquired a
general knowledge of the unity and perfections of the Divine nature,
_they glorified him not as God_ - they did not _proclaim_ hi...
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BECAUSE THAT - The apostle here is showing that it was right to
condemn people for their sins. To do this it was needful to show them
that they had the knowledge of God, and the means of knowing what...
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2. THE NEED OF SALVATION DEMONSTRATED.
The Whole World Guilty and Lost.
Chapter 1:18-3:20.
CHAPTER 1:18-32.
_ 1. Wrath Revealed from Heaven. 18._
2. Gentile Knowledge of God. 19-20.
3. Turning f...
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Mankind is in a ruinous plight: GOD'S ANGER, which is His
righteousness reacting against wrong, rests upon the race.
ROMANS 1:18_ A_. The Divine wrath is being revealed from heaven in
action against...
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A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
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KNEW. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.
GLORIFIED. Seep. 1511.
BUT. Emphatic.
BECAME VAIN. Greek. _mataioomai._ Only here. Compare Acts 14:15.
IMAGINATIONS. reasonings. See Matthew 15:19.
FOOLISH. Greek...
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_because that, when they knew God_ i.e. as primevally revealed, and
then constantly witnessed to by the visible Creation as Eternal and
Omnipotent. "_To know God_" is a phrase capable of many degrees...
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Romans 1:18-32. (18) This power and condition revealed in the Gospel
meets the need of man; for in the actual state of man we can see that
his life lies under GOD’s wrath. Man has by unrighteous actio...
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ΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. пот. masc. pl._ от ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ
(G1097) знать. Об иудейском учении по
поводу значения требований Бога
язычниками _см._ SB, 3:36-46. Уступительное
_part._, "хотя они признают" (Moo)...
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DISCOURSE: 1822
THE LOST STATE OF THE GENTILE WORLD
Romans 1:20. _They are without excuse: because that, when they knew
God, they glorified him not as God_.
HERE the plan of the epistle begins to be...
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NEITHER WERE THANKFUL— It is worthy our observation, that gratitude
to God is here put for the whole of religion; and as no principle can
be nobler, so none can be stronger or more extensive. Mr. Lock...
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PART TWO
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IN THE GOSPEL, Romans 1:16 to Romans 11:36
I.
Proposition Stated. Romans 1:16-17
1.
Not ashamed of the Gospel. Romans 1:16 a
2.
The Gospel Defined. Romans 1:16 b...
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
BECAUSE THAT, WHEN THEY KNEW GO...
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1 Paul dates his apostleship from the commission he received at
Antioch (Act_13:2) when he was severed from the rest to preach the
evangel of God to the nations. Hitherto only Jews and proselytes like...
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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....
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THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE NEED OF THE WORLD. THE GUILT OF THE
HEATHEN
In his salutation the apostle emphasises his commission, and the
greatness of the Person whose servant he is and who is the...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ABOUT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN ROME
Rome was the most important city in the world at the tim...
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They knew enough of God to know that thanks and praise were due to
Him; but neither of these did they offer. They put aside the natural
instinct of adoration, and fell to speculations, which only led...
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CHAPTER 4
NEED FOR THE GOSPEL: GOD'S ANGER AND MAN'S SIN
Romans 1:18
WE have as it were touched the heart of the Apostle as he weighs the
prospect of his Roman visit, and feels, almost in one sensat...
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ff. εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς
ἀναπολογήτους would naturally express purpose: to make
men inexcusable is one, though not the only or the ultimate, intention
of God in giving this revelation. But the διότι al...
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THE ONLY POWER OF SALVATION
Romans 1:13
We owe everything to our Lord, but since we can make Him no direct
return, He has made men His residuary legatees. We are to think of
others as having a claim...
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Bringing the first and seventh verses together, we find the called
apostle writing to the called saints.
As for himself, Paul declared, first, that he was debtor, because a
gift had been bestowed on...
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Because that, when they knew God, they (e) glorified [him] not as God,
neither were thankful; but became (f) vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
(e) They did not honour...
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FUNDAMENTAL PART. 1:18-5:21.
THE principal subdivision of this part is indicated by the somewhat
amplified repetition of Romans 1:17, which we shall find Romans
3:21-22. There we again meet with the p...
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
(19) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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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 necessaril...
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There is no epistle in which the apostle places his apostleship on
more positive and formal ground than in this; for at Rome he had no
claim in virtue of his labours. He had never seen the Romans. He...
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BECAUSE THAT WHEN THEY KNEW GOD,.... Though they had such a knowledge
of the being and perfections of God, yet
THEY GLORIFIED HIM NOT AS GOD. They neither thought nor spoke
honourably of him; nor did...
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Because that, when they knew God, they glorified _him_ not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
Ver. 21. _Neither were thankful_...
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_“Because that when they knew God_ The writings of Plato, Xenophon,
Plutarch, Cicero, and other philosophers, which still remain, together
with the quotations made by Just. Martyr and Clem. Alexandrin...
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KNEW GOD; knew so much of him as to know that they ought to worship
and serve him.
GLORIFIED HIM NOT; did not honor and obey him as God.
VAIN IN THEIR IMAGINATIONS; senseless and wicked in their tho...
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THE MORAL DECAY OF THE GENTILE WORLD.
The refusal to heed the natural revelation of God:...
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The salutation (unusually long) occupies seven verses, - laying down
distinctly, as it does, the complete foundation of that Gospel of
which Paul was a messenger - thus introducing him with the Gospel...
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ROMANS 1:18-25
1. Is man responsible for his own unrighteousness and misunderstanding
about God?
a. What is the one visible practice that man does when he
misunderstands the nature of God?
i. Idola...
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BECAUSE THAT, KNOWING GOD, THEY GLORIFIED HIM NOT AS GOD, NEITHER GAVE
THANKS; BUT BECAME VAIN IN THEIR REASONINGS, AND THEIR SENSELESS HEART
WAS DARKENED.
'Because that' -'For even though' (NASV)...
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18-25 The apostle begins to show that all mankind need the salvation
of the gospel, because none could obtain the favour of God, or escape
his wrath by their own works. For no man can plead that he h...
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BECAUSE; either this must be referred to the words immediately
foregoing, and then it is a reason why the Gentiles are inexcusable,
BECAUSE THAT, WHEN THEY KNEW GOD, THEY GLORIFIED HIM NOT AS GOD, &c....
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because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave
thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart
was darkened. [And they were without excuse, for when they...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For he judges the Gentiles, "who serve the creature more than the
Creator,"[457]
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
What, then, is the vanity, and wh...
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Romans 1:21 because G1360 knew G1097 (G5631) God G2316 not G3756
glorify G1392 (G5656) as G5613 God G2316 nor G2228 thankful G2168
(G5656) but G235 futile G3154 (G5681) in G1722 their G846 thoughts
G1...
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THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN BECAUSE OF MAN'S UNGODLINESS
AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (1:18-21).
In stark contrast to the righteousness of God being revealed (Romans
1:17), we have the wrath of G...
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1. THE SINFULNESS OF THE GENTILES.
This fearful yet truthful description of the moral decay of the
Gentile world is not introduced abruptly. In Romans 1:17 the Apostle
had declared that righteousness...
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BECAUSE THAT
(διοτ). As in verse Romans 1:19.KNOWING GOD
(γνοντες τον θεον). Second aorist active participle of
γινωσκω, to know by personal experience. Definite statement
that originally men had...
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Romans 1:18
The Natural History of Paganism.
I. St. Paul's first proposition is, that from the first the heathen
knew enough of God from His works to render them without excuse for
not worshipping H...
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Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God. (Which he had promised afore by his
prophets in the holy scriptures.)_
Paul had not seen the R...
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CONTENTS: Words of comfort to the church at Rome. The universe a
revelation of the power and deity of God. The deplorable condition of
a lost world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul.
CONCLUSION: God has...
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Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,_ in the sense he himself
illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought
with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your s...
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THEY KNOW GOD. _MacKnight_ says: "The writings of Plato, Xenophon,
Plutarch, Cicero, and other philosophers. prove that the learned
heathens, though ignorant of the way of salvation, were acquainted
w...
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_Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God
hath showed it unto them._
WHAT ACQUAINTANCE MAN CAN HAVE OF GOD WITHOUT DIVINE REVELATION
Consider--
I. His means of informatio...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:21 THEY KNEW GOD. All people know God
exists. They also know a lot about him, even if they do not have a
saving knowledge of him.
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 1:18. THE WRATH OF GOD.—ὀργὴ Θεοῦ, God’s
displeasure. The phrase is plainly anthropopathic. May express a
particular instance of displeasure.
Romans 1:19. THAT WHICH MAY BE K...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 1:1
I. INTRODUCTORY.
ROMANS 1:1
A. _Salutation_ with long interposed parenthesis, suggested by "gospel
of God." The parenthesis, expressing thoughts of which the writer's
mind is...
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This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens
his epistle to the Romans declaring:
Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God...
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1 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Kings 17:15; 2 Timothy 3:2; Acts 26:18;
Deuteronomy 28:29; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ephesians 4:17; Ephesians 4:18;...
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Knowing - glorified not. "I think it may be proved from facts that any
given people, down to the lowest savages, has at any period of its
life known far more than it has done : known quite enough to h...
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Because, knowing God — For the wiser heathens did know that there
was one supreme God; yet from low and base considerations they
conformed to the idolatry of the vulgar. They did not glorify him as
Go...
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From this verse to the end of the chapter, we have. large and black
catalogue of the sins which the old Heathens or Gentiles were guilty
of; some of which they voluntarily committed, and others were
j...