{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"henry.JHN.17.17.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 17:17","href":"/jhn/17/#v17-henry","text":"Rom. i. 1","snippet":"\"Separate them to the office, Rom. i. 1."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:21","href":"/jhn/3/#v21-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 1","snippet":"St Paul gives emphasis to the same thought by contrasting \"the truth\" with \"unrighteousness:\" 2 Thess. ii. la; 1 Cor. xiii. 6; Rom. i. 1 8, ii. 8."}],"2":[],"3":[],"4":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.6.62.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 6:62","href":"/jhn/6/#v62-calvin","text":"Romans 1:4","snippet":"For, in the resurrection of Christ, so great was the power displayed by the Holy Spirit, that it plainly showed Christ to be the Son of God, as Paul also shows, (Romans 1:4."},{"id":"henry.JHN.10.17.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:17","href":"/jhn/10/#v17-henry","text":"Rom. i. 4","snippet":"Secondly, This he had in his eye, in laying down his life, that he might have an opportunity of declaring himself to be the Son of God with power by his resurrection, Rom. i. 4."},{"id":"henry.JHN.10.36.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:36","href":"/jhn/10/#v36-henry","text":"Rom. i. 4","snippet":"See Rom. i. 4."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.6.63.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 6:63","href":"/jhn/6/#v63-ryle","text":"Rom. i. 4","snippet":"Some think that \" the Spirit \" here means, \" the divine nature of Christ \" (as Rom. i. 4 ; 1 Pet. iii. 18), in contradistinction to His human nature, here called, His \" flesh."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.66.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:66","href":"/jhn/6/#v66-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 4","snippet":"The phrase is not simply temporal (ch. ix. 1 ; Luke x. 20 ; Acts ix. 33, xxiv. 10, xxvi. 4), nor simply causal (Rom. i. 4 ; Rev. xvi. 21, viii. 13)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:17","href":"/jhn/14/#v17-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 4","snippet":"Eph. i. 17; Luke xiii. 11; Rom. i. 4, viii. 15, xi. 8; 1 Cor. iv. 21 ; 2 Tim. i. 7. ..."}],"5":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.15.16.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 15:16","href":"/jhn/15/#v16-calvin","text":"Romans 1:5","snippet":"Thus Paul ascribes his apostleship to grace, (Romans 1:5,) and again mentions that"}],"6":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.16.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:16","href":"/jhn/10/#v16-ryle","text":"Rom. i. 6","snippet":"(Rom. i. 6.)"}],"7":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.1.1.4","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-chrysostom","text":"Rom. i. 7","snippet":"( Rom. i. 7."}],"8":[],"9":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.4.23.2","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 4:23","href":"/jhn/4/#v23-chrysostom","text":"Rom. i. 9","snippet":"( Rom. i. 9 and xii. 1."},{"id":"henry.JHN.4.23-24.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 4:23–24","href":"/jhn/4/#v23-henry","text":"Rom. i. 9","snippet":"We must depend upon God's Spirit for strength and assistance, laying our souls under his influences and operations; we must devote our own spirits to, and employ them in, the service of God (Rom. i. 9), must worship him with fixedness of thought and a flame of affection, with all that is within us."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.23.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:23","href":"/jhn/4/#v23-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 9","snippet":"Comp. Rom. i. 9."}],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[{"id":"henry.JHN.4.36.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 4:36","href":"/jhn/4/#v36-henry","text":"Rom. i. 13","snippet":"Souls gathered to Christ are fruit, good fruit, the fruit that Christ seeks for (Rom. i. 13); it is gathered for Christ (Cant. viii. 11, 12); it is gathered to life eternal."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.16.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:16","href":"/jhn/15/#v16-henry","text":"Rom. i. 13","snippet":"They were ordained, not to beat the air, but to be instrumental in God's hand for the bringing of nations into obedience to Christ, Rom. i. 13."}],"14":[],"15":[],"16":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.30.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:30","href":"/jhn/8/#v30-henry","text":"Rom. i. 16, 18","snippet":"When Christ told them that if they believed not they should die in their sins, and never get to heaven, they thought it was time to look about them, Rom. i. 16, 18. 3."}],"17":[],"18":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.30.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:30","href":"/jhn/8/#v30-henry","text":"Rom. i. 16, 18","snippet":"When Christ told them that if they believed not they should die in their sins, and never get to heaven, they thought it was time to look about them, Rom. i. 16, 18. 3."}],"19":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.9.3.3","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 9:3","href":"/jhn/9/#v3-chrysostom","text":"Rom. i. 19, 20","snippet":"And again Paul, “Because that which may be known of God is manifested in them, that they may be without excuse” ( Rom. i. 19, 20 ); yet He showed it not unto them for this, that they might be deprived of excuse, but that they might obtain excuse."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.5.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-henry","text":"Rom. i. 19, 20","snippet":"Though men by the fall are become darkness, yet that which may be known of God is manifested in them; see Rom. i. 19, 20."}],"20":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.9.3.3","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 9:3","href":"/jhn/9/#v3-chrysostom","text":"Rom. i. 19, 20","snippet":"And again Paul, “Because that which may be known of God is manifested in them, that they may be without excuse” ( Rom. i. 19, 20 ); yet He showed it not unto them for this, that they might be deprived of excuse, but that they might obtain excuse."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.5.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-henry","text":"Rom. i. 19, 20","snippet":"Though men by the fall are become darkness, yet that which may be known of God is manifested in them; see Rom. i. 19, 20."},{"id":"henry.JHN.10.37-38.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:37–38","href":"/jhn/10/#v37-henry","text":"Rom. i. 20","snippet":"As the invisible things of the Creator are clearly seen by his works of creation and common providence (Rom. i. 20), so the invisible things of the Redeemer were seen by his miracles, and by all his works both of power and mercy; so that those who were not convinced by these works were without excuse."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.24.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:24","href":"/jhn/15/#v24-henry","text":"Rom. i. 20","snippet":"As the Creator demonstrates his power and Godhead by his works (Rom. i. 20), so doth the Redeemer."}],"21":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.5.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-henry","text":"Rom. i. 21, 28","snippet":"[1.] The world of mankind comprehended not the natural light that was in their understandings, but became vain in their imaginations concerning the eternal God and the eternal Word, Rom. i. 21, 28."}],"22":[],"23":[],"24":[],"25":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.42-43.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:42–43","href":"/jhn/12/#v42-henry","text":"Rom. i. 25","snippet":"What was at the bottom of this fear: They loved the praise of men, chose it as a more valuable good, and pursued it as a more desirable end, than the praise of God; which was an implicit idolatry, like that (Rom. i. 25) of worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.8.44.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-bengel","text":"Rom. i. 25","snippet":"… the sin of man, that the devil sinned, and that the devil was created, not long before he sinned. ... is false [a lie]) Roepe is wont to designate not merely a voluntary lie by this severe term, but even error itself. Rom. i. 25, “ Who changed the truth of God into a lie ;” 2 Thess. ii. 9, 11, “lying wonders—God shall send them strong delusion, that ... believe a lie ;” 1 John ii. 21, “ Because ye know—the truth—and that no lie is of the …"}],"26":[],"27":[],"28":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.12.40.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 12:40","href":"/jhn/12/#v40-chrysostom","text":"Rom. i. 28","snippet":"This is a peculiar mode of speech in Scripture, as also the, “He gave them over unto a reprobate mind” ( Rom. i. 28 ), and the, “He divided them to the nations,” that is, allowed, permitted them to go."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.13.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 13:27","href":"/jhn/13/#v27-calvin","text":"Romans 1:28","snippet":"This is a dreadful vengeance of God, when men are given up to a reprobate mind, (Romans 1:28,) so that they scarcely differ at all from the brutes, and — what is worse — fall into horrid crimes from which the brutes themselves would shrink."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.18.7.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 18:7","href":"/jhn/18/#v7-calvin","text":"Romans 1:28","snippet":"… hurried them on, with wild fury, to such a desperate hardihood; for there is no insanity that drives a man with such viohnee as this kind of blindness; Wicked men, after having been given over to a reprobate mind, (Romans 1:28,) care no more about rushing against God than if they had only to do with a fly."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.19.9.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 19:9","href":"/jhn/19/#v9-calvin","text":"Romans 1:28","snippet":"… reason why I said that those who, in handling the doctrine of Scripture, are not more impressed with the majesty of God, than if they had been disputing about the shadow of an ass, are given up to a reprobate mind, (Romans 1:28."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.5.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:5","href":"/jhn/1/#v5-henry","text":"Rom. i. 21, 28","snippet":"[1.] The world of mankind comprehended not the natural light that was in their understandings, but became vain in their imaginations concerning the eternal God and the eternal Word, Rom. i. 21, 28."}],"29":[],"30":[],"31":[],"32":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.28-29.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:28–29","href":"/jhn/5/#v28-ryle","text":"Rom. i. 32","snippet":"Yet I doubt whether this remark will apply to Rom. i. 32, and ii. 3, where both the two Greek words for \" doing \" are used together, and applied to the same class of persons, viz., the wicked."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.20.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:20","href":"/jhn/3/#v20-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 32","snippet":"There is a similar contrast in Rom. i. 32, ii 3, vii. 15, 19, 20."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.29.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:29","href":"/jhn/5/#v29-westcott","text":"Rom. i. 32","snippet":"The same words ... are contrasted, ch. iii. 20, 21, note; Rom. i. 32, vii. 15, 19, xiii. 4."}]}}