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22. εἰ δὲ.… No apodosis follows: the current is broken by the introduction of prophetic passages Rom 9:25 f. What apodosis was intended? The thought passes from the abstract relation of Creator to created to GOD’S actual government of men, as seen in His dealings with those who oppose and those who obey His Will: the principles of government are declared in the words ἤνεγκεν and προητοίμασεν, the attitude in π. μακροθυμία, the end in the revelation of GOD’S power and character, whether by wrath or mercy. The apodosis required, then, is some such appeal as ‘what fault can we find here?’ It should be remembered that the revelation of wrath is just as necessary for the moral education of man as the revelation of mercy. They are in fact the two sides of the shield.
θέλων = in willing, or while willing: the clear exhibition of wrath is one side of GOD’S revelation to man, and is given in the fact and consequences of sin; cf. Rom 1:18 f. The wrath of GOD towards sin is as true an outcome of His loving purpose for man, as is His pleasure in righteousness. The participle describes not the reason (because) nor a contrast (although), but the general condition under which the action of the main verb takes place.
ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν exactly |[188] Rom 1:18 = to give an instance of …; cf. Rom 3:25; 2Th 1:5; 1Ti 1:16.
[188] | parallel to
γνωρίσαι τὀ δυνατὸν αὐ. γνωρίσαι = to bring to the knowledge of men. τὸ δυνατὸν, His power seen in combating sin no less than in effecting righteousness.
ἤνεγκεν σκεύη ὀργῆς. Jeremiah 50 (27):25; Isa 13:5 (Heb.), but in both these passages the meaning is ‘brought out weapons by which to inflict His purpose of wrath.’ Here = ‘bore with … instruments of wrath’; cf. Rom 2:4, Rom 3:25-26; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:15 (Mayor cf[189] 1Pe 3:20; Psa 86:15; Isa 30:18 alibi). Cf. Exo 34:6.
[189] confert
σκεύη ὀργῆς. Instruments whose only use now is for the wrath of GOD. The image of the preceding verse is continued but the form is changed (ὀργῆς not εἰς ὀργήν) = not ‘destined for wrath’ but fit only to exhibit or effect wrath (cf. S. H.). They have become so fit, by their own neglect of what they could know of GOD (cf. Rom 1:18 f.). So
κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν marks that their present state is the result of a course of preparation, and this must be found (again in accordance with Rom 1:18 f.) in their own conduct. Cf. Luk 6:40; 1Co 1:10; Eph 4:12 (-μός). ἀπώλειαν )[191] σωτηρίαν, cf. Rom 1:32; Mat 7:13; Php 3:19; 1Ti 6:9.
[191] )( opposed to