John Bengel Commentary - Romans 1:24 - 1:24

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 1:24 - 1:24


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Rom 1:24. Διό, wherefore) One punishment of sin arises from its physical consequences, Rom 1:27, note, [that recompense of their error, which] was meet; another, moreover, from retributive justice, as in this passage.-ἐν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, in the lusts) ἐν, not ἐις. Ἁι ἐπιθυμίαι, the lusts, were already present there. The men themselves were such as were the gods that they framed.-ἀκαθαρσίαν, uncleanness) Impiety and impurity are frequently joined together, 1Th 4:5; as are also the knowledge of God and purity of mind, Mat 5:8; 1Jn 3:2, etc.-ἀτιμάζεσθαι, to dishonour) Honour is its opposite, 1Th 4:4. Man ought not to debase himself, 1Co 6:13, etc.-ἐν ἑαυτοῖς,[15] among their ownselves), by fornication, effeminacy, and other vices. They themselves furnish the materials of their own punishment, and are at the cost of it. How justly! they, who dishonour God, inflict punishment on their ownselves. Joh. Cluverus.

[15] So, late corrections in D; G Orig. 1, 260, e.-Vulg. and Rec. Text. But ABCΛ and Memph. Version read ἀντοῖς.-ED.