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<a href="/nkjv/romans/1.htm">New King James Version</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <a href="/nasb_/romans/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <a href="/nasb/romans/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <a href="/nasb77/romans/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <a href="/lsb/romans/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <a href="/amp/romans/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For [God does not overlook sin and] the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who in their wickedness suppress and stifle the truth, <a href="/csb/romans/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, <a href="/hcsb/romans/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For God&#8217s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, <a href="/asv/romans/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; <a href="/cev/romans/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth. <a href="/erv/romans/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold down the truth in unrighteousness; <a href="/gwt/romans/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God's anger is revealed from heaven against every ungodly and immoral thing people do as they try to suppress the truth by their immoral living. <a href="/gnt/romans/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known. <a href="/isv/romans/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> For God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth. <a href="/msb/romans/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. <a href="/net/romans/1.htm">NET Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, <a href="/nheb/romans/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth by unrighteousness, <a href="/wbt/romans/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. <a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry: <a href="/web/romans/1.htm">World English Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven on all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. <a href="/blb/romans/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, suppressing the truth by unrighteousness, <a href="/ylt/romans/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. <a href="/slt/romans/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all profanation and injustice of men, of those detaining the truth in injustice;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice: <a href="/cpdv/romans/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice. <a href="/nabre/romans/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. <a href="/nrsvce/romans/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all the iniquity and wickedness of men who unjustly suppress the truth; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all the evils and the wickedness of the children of men, those who are holding the truth in evil.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who, by unrighteousness, restrain the truth. <a href="/godbey/romans/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; <a href="/haweis/romans/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding back the truth in unrighteousness. <a href="/mace/romans/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> there the divine wrath is revealed from heaven against all impiety, and injustice of men, who wickedly suppress the truth. <a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry: <a href="/worrell/romans/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For God's wrath is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; <a href="/worsley/romans/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who withhold the truth in unrighteousness; <a href="/parallel/romans/1-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=153" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/1.htm">God's Wrath against Sin</a> 17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” 18<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgē (N-NFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">The wrath</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/601.htm" title="601: Apokalyptetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To uncover, bring to light, reveal. From apo and kalupto; to take off the cover, i.e. Disclose.">is being revealed</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">against</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasan (Adj-AFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/763.htm" title="763: asebeian (N-AFS) -- Impiety, irreverence, ungodliness, wickedness. From asebes; impiety, i.e. wickedness.">the godlessness</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/93.htm" title="93: adikian (N-AFS) -- Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.">wickedness</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpōn (N-GMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of men</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/2722.htm" title="2722: katechontōn (V-PPA-GMP) -- From kata and echo; to hold down, in various applications.">suppress</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/225.htm" title="225: alētheian (N-AFS) -- From alethes; truth.">truth</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/93.htm" title="93: adikia (N-DFS) -- Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.">their wickedness.</a> 19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a> Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. <a href="/colossians/3-6.htm">Colossians 3:6</a> Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. <a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a> Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a> and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a> And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a> And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:10</a> and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a> Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a> For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain. <a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Jeremiah 44:22</a> So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day. <a href="/ezekiel/7-8.htm">Ezekiel 7:8-9</a> Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;the wrath.<a href="/romans/4-15.htm">Romans 4:15</a> Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.ungodliness.<a href="/romans/5-6.htm">Romans 5:6</a> For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.unrighteousness.<a href="/romans/6-13.htm">Romans 6:13</a> Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.who hold.<a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Romans 1:19,28,32</a> Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them… <a href="/romans/2-3.htm">Romans 2:3,15-23</a> And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? … <a href="/luke/12-46.htm">Luke 12:46,47</a> The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/19-28.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/acts/23-7.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/acts/28-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Godlessness</a> <a href="/romans/1-17.htm">God's</a> <a href="/acts/26-19.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/acts/27-41.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/acts/27-17.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/john/8-44.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/matthew/26-65.htm">Impiety</a> <a href="/acts/8-23.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/romans/1-17.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/romans/1-17.htm">Revelation</a> <a href="/acts/8-22.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/acts/26-25.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-15.htm">Ungodliness</a> <a href="/acts/24-20.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/acts/25-5.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/acts/19-28.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/acts/24-20.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/romans/10-19.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Godlessness</a> <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/10-6.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-2.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Impiety</a> <a href="/romans/6-19.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Revelation</a> <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Thoughts</a> <a href="/romans/1-25.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Ungodliness</a> <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Unrighteousness</a> <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 1</div>1. <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Paul commends his calling to the Romans;</a> 9. <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">and his desire to come to them.</a> 16. <a href="/romans/1-16.htm">What his gospel is.</a> 18. <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">God is angry with sin.</a> 21. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">What were the sins of mankind.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven This phrase indicates the divine displeasure and judgment that God expresses towards sin. The concept of God's wrath is consistent throughout Scripture, seen in both the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, God's wrath is often depicted in events such as the flood (Genesis 6-9) and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19). The phrase "from heaven" emphasizes the divine origin and authority of this judgment, contrasting human justice with divine justice. It underscores the idea that God's perspective is not limited by earthly constraints and is all-encompassing.against all the godlessness and wickedness of men This part of the verse highlights the universal scope of human sinfulness. "Godlessness" refers to a lack of reverence for God, while "wickedness" pertains to moral corruption and evil actions. The Bible consistently portrays humanity's fallen nature, beginning with Adam and Eve's disobedience in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. The universality of sin is further emphasized in <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a>, which states that all have sinned. This phrase serves as a reminder of the pervasive nature of sin and the need for divine intervention.who suppress the truth by their wickedness This phrase suggests an active effort to reject or ignore the truth of God. The "truth" here refers to the knowledge of God and His righteous standards, which are evident in creation and conscience (<a href="/romans/1-19.htm">Romans 1:19-20</a>). The suppression of truth is a willful act, indicating that people choose to ignore or distort the truth due to their sinful nature. This concept is echoed in <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>, where people love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. The suppression of truth leads to further moral decay and separation from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine being whose wrath is being revealed. In this context, God is portrayed as just and righteous, responding to human sinfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The realm from which God's wrath is revealed, symbolizing divine authority and the ultimate source of truth and justice. 3. <a href="/topical/m/men.htm">Men</a> Refers to humanity, specifically those who engage in ungodliness and wickedness, suppressing the truth through their actions. 4. <a href="/topical/u/ungodliness_and_wickedness.htm">Ungodliness and Wickedness</a> These are the actions and attitudes of people that provoke God's wrath. Ungodliness refers to a lack of reverence for God, while wickedness involves moral corruption and evil deeds. 5. <a href="/topical/t/truth.htm">Truth</a> The divine truth that is being suppressed by human wickedness. This truth is inherent in God's creation and moral order.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_wrath.htm">Understanding God's Wrath</a> God's wrath is not arbitrary but a righteous response to sin. It is a reflection of His holiness and justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin.htm">The Reality of Sin</a> Sin is not just a personal failing but an offense against God's order. Recognizing the seriousness of sin is crucial for understanding the need for salvation. <a href="/topical/s/suppressing_the_truth.htm">Suppressing the Truth</a> Humans have a tendency to suppress the truth of God through sinful actions. Acknowledging this helps us to seek God's truth earnestly. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_reverence.htm">Living in Reverence</a> As believers, we are called to live in a way that honors God, avoiding ungodliness and wickedness. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Understanding the wrath of God should lead us to repentance and a desire to align our lives with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 1</a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_overcome_fear_of_god's_wrath.htm">How can I overcome fear of God's wrath?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_shown_in_the_bible.htm">How does God's wrath manifest in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_god's_wrath_in_revelation_16_at_odds_with_his_mercy.htm">Does the portrayal of God’s wrath in Revelation 16 conflict with the portrayal of God’s mercy elsewhere in the Bible? </a> <a href="/q/what_is_'suppressing_truth'.htm">What does "suppressing the truth in unrighteousness" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) As a preliminary stage to this revelation of justification and of faith, there is another, which is its opposite--a revelation and disclosure of divine wrath. The proof is seen in the present condition both of the Gentile and Jewish world. And first of the Gentile world, <a href="/context/romans/1-18.htm" title="For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;">Romans 1:18-32</a>.Revealed.--The revelation of righteousness is, while the Apostle writes, being made in the Person of Christ and in the salvation offered by Him. The revelation of wrath is to be inferred from the actual condition--the degradation doubly degraded--in which sin leaves its votaries.From heaven.--The wrath of God is revealed "from heaven," inasmuch as the state of things in which it is exhibited is the divinely-inflicted penalty for previous guilt. Against that guilt, shown in outrage against all religion and all morality, it is directed.Ungodliness and unrighteousness.--These two words stand respectively for offences against religion and offences against morality.Who hold the truth in unrighteousness.--Rather, who suppress and thwart the truth--the light of conscience that is in them--by unrighteousness. Conscience tells them what is right, but the will, actuated by wicked motives, prevents them from obeying its dictates. "The truth" is their knowledge of right, from whatever source derived, which finds expression in conscience. "Hold" is the word which we find translated "hinder" in <a href="/context/2_thessalonians/2-6.htm" title="And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time.">2Thessalonians 2:6-7</a>--having the force of to hold down, or suppress.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18 - <a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>. - (1) All mankind liable to God's wrath. Verses 18-32. - (a) The heathen world in general. Verse 18. - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold back the truth in unrighteousness. Here the argumentation of the Epistle begins, the first position to be established being that all mankind without exception is guilty of sin before God, and therefore unable of itself to put in a plea of righteousness. This being proved, the need of the revelation of God's righteousness, announced in ver. 17, appears. "The wrath of God" is an expression with which we are familiar in the Bible, being one of those in which human emotions are attributed to God in accommodation to the exigencies of human thought. It denotes his essential holiness, his antagonism to sin, to which punishment is due. It expresses an idea as essential to our conception of the Divine righteousness as do the words, "love" and "mercy." Wrath, or indignation, against evil is as necessary to our ideal of a perfect human being as is love of good; and therefore we attribute wrath to the perfect Divine Being, using of necessity human terms for expressing our conception of the Divine attributes. When the Name of the LORD Was proclaimed before Moses (<a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">Exodus 34:5</a>, etc.), it was of One not only "merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth," but also "that will by no means clear the guilty." This last attribute is the same as what we mean by the Divine wrath. This "wrath of God" is said in the verse before us to be "revealed from heaven." How so? Is it in the gospel, as is God's righteousness (ver. 18)? Against this view is the change of expression - ἀπ οὐρανοῦ instead of ἐν αὐτῷ ( as well as the fact that the gospel is not in itself a revelation of wrath, but the very opposite. Is it in the Old Testament? Possibly in part; but the marked repetition of ἀποκαλύπτεται in the present tense seems to point to some obvious revelation now; and, further, the first part of the proof, to the end of the second chapter, does not rest on the Old Testament. Is it what the apostle proceeds so forcibly to draw attention to - the existing, and at that time notorious, moral degradation of heathen society, which he regards as evidence of Divine judgment? This may have been before his view; and, as he goes on at once to speak of it, it probably was so prominently. But the revelation of Divine wrath against sin seems to imply more than this as the argument goes on, viz. the evident guilt before God of all mankind alike, and not only of degraded heathenism. It is difficult to decide, among the various explanations that have been offered, on any specific mode of revelation which the writer had in view. Perhaps no particular one exclusively. Commentators may be often unduly anxious to affix an exact sense to pregnant words used by St. Paul, who so often indicates comprehensive ideas by short phrases. He may have had before his mind various concurrent signs of human guilt, and the Divine wrath against it, at that especial time of the world's history; all which, to his mind at least, brought conviction as by a light from heaven. And the gospel itself (though in its essence a revelation of mercy, so that he purposely avoids saying that wrath was in it revealed) still had been the most powerful means of all for bringing home a conviction of the Divine wrath to the consciences of believers. For its first office is to convince of sin and of judgment. Cf. the words of the forerunner, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" On all such grounds we may conceive that the apostle spoke of the wrath of God against human sin being especially at that time plainly revealed from heaven; and he desires to bring his readers to perceive it as he did. For now was the time of the Divine purpose to bring it home to all (cf. <a href="/acts/17-30.htm">Acts 17:30</a>, "The times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent"). "All ungodliness and unrighteousness' (ἀσέβειαν καὶ ἀδικίαν) comprehends all evil-doing, in whatever aspect viewed, whether as impiety or as wrong. The phrase, τῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν κατεχόντων, is wrongly translated in the Authorized Version, "who hold the truth." If the verb κατέχειν allowed this rendering here, it would indeed be intelligible in reference to the knowledge of God, even by nature, which all men have or ought to have, though they do not act upon it, and the very potential possession of which renders them guilty. This is the thought of what immediately follows. Thus the sense would be, "They hold, i.e. possess, the truth; but they do unrighteousness." But whenever κατέχειν means "to hold," it denotes a firm hold, not a loose hold, such as would be thus implied. It occurs in this sense in <a href="/1_corinthians/11-2.htm">1 Corinthians 11:2</a> ("I praise you that ye keep the ordinances"). and <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-21.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:21</a> ("Hold fast that which is good"). We must, therefore, have recourse to a second sense in which the verb is also used - that of "keeping back," or "restraining." Thus <a href="/luke/4-42.htm">Luke 4:42</a> ("The people stayed him, that he should not depart from them") and <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:6</a> ("Ye know what withholdeth"). The reference is still to the innate knowledge of God which all men are supposed to have had originally; but the idea expressed is not their having it, but their suppressing it. "Veritas in mente nititur et urget: sed homo eam impedit" (Bengel). <a href="/commentaries/romans/1-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[The] wrath ὀργὴ (orgē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. is being revealed Ἀποκαλύπτεται (Apokalyptetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_601.htm">Strong's 601: </a> To uncover, bring to light, reveal. From apo and kalupto; to take off the cover, i.e. Disclose. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. heaven οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. against ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. all πᾶσαν (pasan) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. [the] godlessness ἀσέβειαν (asebeian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_763.htm">Strong's 763: </a> Impiety, irreverence, ungodliness, wickedness. From asebes; impiety, i.e. wickedness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. wickedness ἀδικίαν (adikian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_93.htm">Strong's 93: </a> Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness. of men ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. who τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. suppress κατεχόντων (katechontōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2722.htm">Strong's 2722: </a> From kata and echo; to hold down, in various applications. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. truth ἀλήθειαν (alētheian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_225.htm">Strong's 225: </a> From alethes; truth. by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [their] wickedness. ἀδικίᾳ (adikia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_93.htm">Strong's 93: </a> Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. 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