Romanschapter 1
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A.Paul, a Servant Called to the Gospel of Godvv. 1-7
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
B.I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospelvv. 8-17
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world. 9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. 14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek. 17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
C.Truth Held Down: They Traded the Glory of Godvv. 18-23
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
D.God Gave Them Up: The Long Slide Downwardvv. 24-32
24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
Chapter summary
Paul greets the Roman saints and unveils his theme: the gospel is the power of God unto salvation for Jew first and also Greek.
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Chapter summary
Paul greets the Roman saints and unveils his theme: the gospel is the power of God unto salvation for Jew first and also Greek.
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Paul greets the Roman saints and unveils his theme: the gospel is the power of God unto salvation for Jew first and also Greek. Humanity's descent is traced. The truth suppressed, the Creator exchanged for images, God giving men over to the passions they chose. The wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness. Henry reads the chapter as a moral charge-sheet; Calvin marks that even the heathen are without excuse because the knowledge of God was given them. The courtroom is set; the gospel's necessity is proven.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Epistle · Paul — Romans overview
- A. 1–7 Paul, a Servant Called to the Gospel of God
- B. 8–17 I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- C. 18–23 Truth Held Down: They Traded the Glory of God
- D. 24–32 God Gave Them Up: The Long Slide Downward
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- Romans 1:19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
- Romans 1:20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
- Romans 1:24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
- Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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1 Corinthians 13 verses
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- 1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians 13 verses
- Ephesians 1:2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
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2 Peter 12 verses
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Jude 12 verses
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