George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Romans 1:20
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
St. John Chrysostom, hom. ii. p. 20. Greek: tes panton armonias salpiggos, lamproteron booses.
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
St. John Chrysostom, hom. ii. p. 20. Greek: tes panton armonias salpiggos, lamproteron booses.
Verse 20. _THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM_] His invisible perfections are manifested by his visible works, and may be apprehended by what he has made; their _immensity_ showing his _omnipotence_, their v...
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM - The expression “his invisible things” refers to those things which cannot be perceived by the senses. It does not imply that there are any things pertaining to the di...
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...
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...
For the wrath of God is being revealed from Heaven, directed against all impiousness and wickedness of men, who, in their wickedness, wilfully suppress the truth that is struggling in their hearts, fo...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
INVISIBLE. Greek. _aoratos._ Here, Colossians 1:15; Colossians 1:16; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:27. CLEARLY SEEN.
_from the creation of the world_ i.e. "since the world was created." The Gr. scarcely allows the interpretation "from the framework, or constitution, of the world." He means that ever since there was...
ΤᾺ ΓᾺΡ� … ΘΕΙΌΤΗΣ are best treated as parenthetic—explanatory of ἐφανέρωσεν—the revelation of GOD through nature and human nature is true as far as it goes, but it is confined to His power both in nat...
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...
ΑΌΡΑΤΟΣ (G517) незаметный, невидимый. Об использовании этого префикса для отр. _см._ Moorhouse, 41-66. ΚΤΊΣΕΩΣ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΤΊΣΙΣ (G2937) творение, ΚΌΣΜΟΥ _gen. sing. от_ ΚΌΣΜΟΣ (G2889) мир. Obj...
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...
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS, &C.— _For from the creation of the world those things of him which are invisible, are_ (_being duly attended to_) _clearly seen by the things which are made; even his eternal...
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....
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: F...
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...
1:20 divinity, (h-30) What is characteristic of God; _ not_ 'Godhead,' as in Colossians 2:9 . render (i-35) The Greek expression does not affirm that they are so, but states the consequence of the di...
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...
FROM] RV 'since.' BY] RV 'through.' GODHEAD] RV 'divinity.'...
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For, though there were parts of God’s being into which the eye could not penetrate, still they were easily to be inferred from the character of His visible creation, which bore throughout the stamp of...
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...
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...
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...
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being (d) understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse...
He did so by _His works_ in nature. By the term τὰ ἀόρατα, _the invisible things_, the apostle designates the essence of God, and the manifold attributes which distinguish it. He sums them up afterwar...
FIRST SECTION (1:18-3:20). THE WRATH OF GOD RESTING ON THE WHOLE WORLD. From Romans 1:18, St. Paul is undoubtedly describing the miserable state of the _Gentile world._ From the beginning of chap. 2 h...
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...
FOURTH PASSAGE (1:18-32). THE WRATH OF GOD ON THE GENTILES. According to Paul's usual style, the first verse contains summarily all the ideas developed in the following piece. The study of the verse...
“ _Seeing that that which may be known of God is manifested in them; for God hath manifested it unto them. For the invisible perfections of God, his eternal power and his divinity are spiritually cont...
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;...
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...
20._Since his invisible things_, (46) _etc. _God is in himself invisible; but as his majesty shines forth in his works and in his creatures everywhere, men ought in these to acknowledge him, for they...
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...
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM,.... Not the angels, the invisible inhabitants of heaven: nor the unseen glories of another world; nor the decrees of God; nor the persons in the Godhead; but the perfe...
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, _even_ his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: V...
_Because that which may be known of God_ Those great principles which are indispensably necessary to be known, such as his existence, his unity, his power, his wisdom, his goodness, and his righteous...
FROM THE CREATION; ever since the creation. HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD; his divinity, and worthiness of being loved, adored, and obeyed. WITHOUT EXCUSE; having no reason for disobeying him. All t...
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE;...
THE MORAL DECAY OF THE GENTILE WORLD. The refusal to heed the natural revelation of God:...
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...
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...
SO THAT THEY ARE: Or, that they may be...
FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING PERCEIVED THROUGH THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS EVERLASTING POWER AND DIVINITY; THAT THEY MAY BE WITHOUT EX...
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...
Because it might be further objected in behalf of the Gentiles, that the notions of God imprinted in their nature are so weak, that they may be well excused; therefore the apostle adds, that the certa...
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without ex...
Address of Tatian to the Greeks and of the forms that are in matter; He is invisible, impalpable, being Himself the Father of both sensible and invisible things. Him we know from His creation, and ap...
Romans 1:20 For G1063 since G575 creation G2937 world G2889 His G846 invisible G517 seen G2529 (G5743) understood...
‘For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things which are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without...
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 Go...
DOCTRINAL PART. 1. UNIVERSAL NEED. Having asserted that the gospel is God's power unto salvation to every one that believeth, whether Jew or Greek, the Apostle proceeds to show that all men are sinne...
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...
Romans 1:20. FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF GOD. Some of His attributes, as explained afterwards. SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. ‘From,' while literally correct, may be misunderstood as referring to...
THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM (τα αορατα αυτου). Another verbal adjective (α privative and οραω, to see), old word, either unseen or invisible as here and elsewhere in N.T. (Colossians 1:15, etc.). Th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EVER SINCE GOD CREATED THE WORLD. "Have been clearly seen" is in the _continuous tense._ Ever since Creation, enough evidence has been present to prevent anyone from worshiping lifeless images. There...
_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...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:19 THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. The entire natural world reveals God through its beauty, complexity, design, and usefulness. WITHOUT EXCUSE. God has given sufficient evidence of...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:18 God’s Righteousness in His Wrath against Sinners. God’s wrath is rightly revealed against all people, since all have sinned (Romans 3:23). Paul de
_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 KN...
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...
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...
1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; Acts 17:29; Acts 22:1; Colossians 1:15
The invisible things of Him. The attributes which constitute God's nature, afterward defined as "His eternal power and divinity." From the creation [α π ο]. From the time of. Rev., since. Are clearly...
For those things of him which are invisible, are seen — By the eye of the mind. Being understood — They are seen by them, and them only, who use their understanding...
Are the heathen lost? PROBLEM: Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me” (John 14:6). Also, Acts 4:12 says of Christ, “And there is salvation i...
The apostle here proceeds in acquainting us with that knowledge of God which the Heathens had by the light of nature, which was in their hearts, and augmented and increased by what of God they saw in...