John Bengel Commentary - Romans 1:32 - 1:32

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 1:32 - 1:32


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Rom 1:32. Δικαίωμα, [judgment.-Eng. ver.], the royal, divine, principle of justice, that God approves of virtues, hates vices, visits the wicked with the punishment of death, and justly and deservedly so, in order that He may show that He is not unjust. For whilst He punishes the guilty with death, He Himself is justified [is manifested as just]. This Royal rule is acknowledged even among the Gentiles.-ὁτι) viz. that.-πράσσοντες· πράσσουσι) [those that commit or practise.] This verb, which is repeated after the interposition of ποιοῦσιν [do], accurately expresses the wantonness of profligate men, which is altogether opposed to divine justice. ποιοῦσιν)-they do such things, even with the affections, and with the reason. The same distinction between these two verbs occurs,[20] ch. Rom 2:3.-θανάτου, of death) Lev 18:24, etc.; Act 28:4. From time to time every extremely wicked generation of men is extirpated, and posterity is entirely propagated from those, whose conduct has not been so immoral.-ἀλλὰ καὶ, but also.) It is a worse thing, συνευδοκε͂ιν, to approve [of the evil]; for he, who perpetrates what is evil, is led away by his own desire, not without an argument of condemnation against himself, or even against others,-(Comp. thou that judgest, Rom 2:1), and at the same time shows his approbation of the law.-Comp. with this, ch. Rom 7:16; but he who, συνευδοκεῖ, or approves, with the heart and with the tongue [that which is evil], has as the fruit of wickedness, wickedness itself; he feeds upon it; he adds to the heap of his own guilt the guilt of others, and inflames others to the commission of sin. He is a worse man, who destroys both himself and others, than he who destroys himself alone. This is truly a reprobate mind.-ἀδόκιμον and ΣΥΝΕΥΔΟΚΟῦΣΙ are conjugate forms.-See Rom 1:28, note. The judging, in ch. Rom 2:1, is the antithesis to the approving here. The Gentiles not only do these things, but also approve of them. The Jew judges indeed, thereby expressing disapproval; but yet he does them.-τοῖς πράσσουσι, them that do them) themselves, and others.-Comp. Isa 3:9.

[20] ποιέω to do or make. πράσσω, to commit or practise.-ED.