Robertson Word Pictures - Romans 1:21 - 1:21

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Robertson Word Pictures - Romans 1:21 - 1:21


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Because that (dioti). As in Rom 1:19.

Knowing God (gnontes ton theon). Second aorist active participle of ginōskō, to know by personal experience. Definite statement that originally men had some knowledge of God. No people, however degraded, have yet been found without some yearning after a god, a seeking to find the true God and get back to him as Paul said in Athens (Act 17:27).

Glorified not as God (ouch hōs theon edoxasan). They knew more than they did. This is the reason for the condemnation of the heathen (Rom 2:12-16), the failure to do what they know.

Their senseless heart (hē asunetos autōn kardia). Kardia is the most comprehensive term for all our faculties whether feeling (Rom 9:2), will (1Co 4:5), intellect (Rom 10:6). It may be the home of the Holy Spirit (Rom 5:5) or of evil desires (Rom 1:24). See notes on Mar 7:21. for list of vices that come “out of the heart.” Asunetos is a verbal adjective from suniēmi, to put together, and a privative, unintelligent, not able to put together the manifest evidence about God (Rom 1:20). So darkness settled down on their hearts (eskotisthē, first aorist ingressive passive of skotizō, to darken).