Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 1:32

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 1:32 - 1:32

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 1:32 - 1:32

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32. οἵτινες κ.τ.λ. define once more the root of the evil—rejection of known truth—here as to the fixed judgment of GOD on such acts and persons.

τὸ δικαίωμα = the just decision or claim, cf. Rom 2:26, Rom 8:4; Luk 1:6, not so much of the judge as of the legislator. The word and its cognates used of a judge seem always to imply acquittal.

πράσσοντες. Practise—methodically and deliberately. ποιοῦσιν = commit the acts, without necessarily implying deliberation. συνευδοκοῦσιν, join with deliberate and hearty purpose. There is a true climax. A conspiracy of evil is worse than isolated actions, because it indicates the set tendency of the heart. Cf. S. H.; cf. Luk 11:48; Act 8:1; Act 22:20. N. the Test. of the Twelve Patriarchs, Ash. Rom 6:2, καὶ πράσσουσι τὸ κακὸν καὶ συνευδοκοῦσι τοῖς πράσσουσιν. Charles regards this passage as the original of our verse here.