Commentary on Romans

since nowhere else does God reveal to us his righteousness, which alone delivers us from perdition. Now this righteousness, whic ...

in faith. Now we live not before God, except through righteousness: it then follows, that our righteousness is obtained by faith ...

Quoniam quum Deum cogno vissent, non tanquam Deo gloriam dederunt, aut grati fuerunt; Because that, when they knew God, they gl ...

in two ways: it is said to be ἀσέβεια, impiety, as it is a dishonoring of God; it is ἀδικία, unrighteousness, because man, by tr ...

20.Since his invisible things,^46 etc. God is in himself invisible; but as his majesty shines forth in his works and in his crea ...

their existence — his wisdom, because he has arranged things in such an exquisite order — his goodness, for there is no other ca ...

“As they have proudly exalted themselves, they have become infatuated through the righteous judgment of God.” There is an obviou ...

creaturam supra, Creatorem, qui est benedictus in secula: Amen. Propterea, inquam, tradidit illos Deus in passiones ignominiosa ...

the Divine Majesty. This is the very thing which he treats of to the end of the chapter; but he handles it in various ways, for ...

then but just, that they should be besprinkled with every kind of infamy, who strive to take away from God his honor, and also t ...

them a perverted mind, which can choose nothing that is right.^53 And by saying, that they chose not, (non probasse - approved n ...

covered over, as it were, with hardness, has become hardened in a corrupt course of life by custom and evil habit. The word θεο ...

For he who is ashamed is as yet healable; but when such an impudence is contracted through a sinful habit, that vices, and not v ...

CHAPTER 2 Romans 2:1-2 Propterea inexcusabilis es, O homo, quicunque judicas: in quo enim judicas alterum, Therefore thou art i ...

be applauded by the world, and though they regard themselves guiltless; for a far different trial awaits them in heaven. But as ...

Iis vero qui sunt contentiosi, ac veritati immorigeri, injustitiæ autem obtemperant, excandescentia, ira, tribulatio, But unto ...

our confidence in expecting mercy. If we use not God’s bounty for this end, we abuse it. But yet it is not to be viewed always i ...

be opened; the sheep shall then be separated the goats, and the wheat shall be cleansed from the tares. 6.Who will render to eve ...

this we must be satisfied in the Apostolic writings. From other writings must eloquence be learnt: here spiritual wisdom is to b ...

in this case, for they had, in preference to others, both the promises and the threatenings of the law; as though he had said, “ ...