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 thoughts and reasonings about the proper object of worship.
Foolish heart; their perverse, wicked mind.
Was darkened; blinded as to the spiritual nature and perfections of God.
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_ h...
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...
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...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
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...
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....
_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...
ΔΙΌΤΙ picks up and expands the theme of Romans 1:19. ΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ, aor. = having received or gained knowledge of GOD. |[73] τὴν�. κατέχοντες. [73] | parallel to ἘΔΌΞΑΣΑΝ = did not ascribe the due honour...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
1:21 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....
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...
VAIN] i.e. foolish, empty. IMAGINATIONS] RV 'reasonings,' i.e. about God....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_ VV._ 21. “ _Seeing that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither gave Him thanks; but were struck with vanity in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened._ ” The _be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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_...
_“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...
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. Paul had pictured the revelation of...
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...
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)...
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; 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....
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...
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 wha...
Romans 1:21 because G1360 knew G1097 (G5631) God G2316 not G3756 glorify G1392 (G5656) as G5613 God...
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...
‘Because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.' Note that it was not that men did not ‘know' G...
MAN'S REBELLION AGAINST GOD COMES TO ITS INEVITABLE FRUITION (1:21-25). Paul now demonstrates how man's refusal to know God results in man's fall into gross sin. We have already been told about the un...
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 1:21. BECAUSE. The fact which renders them inexcusable is now stated. THOUGH KNOWING GOD. Although they had the knowledge indicated in Romans 1:20. DID NOT GLORIFY HIM AS GOD. What worship t...
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...
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...
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...
_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 1:21 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. ⇐
_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 Peter 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Kings 17:15; 2 Timothy 3:2; Acts 26:18;...
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...
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...
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...