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Text -- Romans 1:16-32 (NET)
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The Power of the Gospel
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel , for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes , to the Jew first and also to the Greek .
1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith , just as it is written , “The righteous by faith will live .”
The Condemnation of the Unrighteous
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness ,
1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them , because God has made it plain to them .
1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen , because they are understood through what has been made . So people are without excuse .
1:21 For although they knew God , they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks , but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened .
1:22 Although they claimed to be wise , they became fools
1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles .
1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity , to dishonor their bodies among themselves .
1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator , who is blessed forever ! Amen .
1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions . For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones ,
1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another . Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error .
1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God , God gave them over to a depraved mind , to do what should not be done .
1:29 They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness , wickedness , covetousness , malice . They are rife with envy , murder , strife , deceit , hostility . They are gossips ,
1:30 slanderers , haters of God , insolent , arrogant , boastful , contrivers of all sorts of evil , disobedient to parents ,
1:31 senseless , covenant-breakers , heartless , ruthless .
1:32 Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die , they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Atheism |
Justification |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Fall of man |
Rome |
Gentiles |
Wicked |
Idolatry |
Blindness |
WORSHIP |
Lasciviousness |
EVIL |
God |
Wisdom |
Conscience |
Crime |
Slander |
Gospel |
Malice |
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NET Notes -> Rom 1:16; Rom 1:17; Rom 1:17; Rom 1:17; Rom 1:17; Rom 1:18; Rom 1:18; Rom 1:18; Rom 1:19; Rom 1:20; Rom 1:21; Rom 1:22; Rom 1:23; Rom 1:23; Rom 1:24; Rom 1:24; Rom 1:24; Rom 1:25; Rom 1:25; Rom 1:25; Rom 1:26; Rom 1:27; Rom 1:27; Rom 1:27; Rom 1:28; Rom 1:28; Rom 1:29; Rom 1:29; Rom 1:31; Rom 1:32; Rom 1:32; Rom 1:32
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NET Notes: Rom 1:20 Grk “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rom 1:26 Grk “for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is contrary to nature.” The term χρῆσις...
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NET Notes: Rom 1:27 Grk “another, men committing…and receiving,” continuing the description of their deeds. Because of the length and complexity of the ...
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NET Notes: Rom 1:29 Grk “malice, full of,” continuing the description. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started ...
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