Who was Paul talking about? (Romans 1:29-32)
Romans 1:18 - 32
ESV - 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
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Mark Vestal
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In Romans 1:17-32, Paul is speaking broadly of fallen humanity, not only Jews who disobeyed under the Old Testament, but certainly using them as "the example" (1 Cor 10:11). The clue is Romans 1:19-20, where Paul says God’s truth was shown “from the creation of the world.” That points beyond Israel and the Law of Moses. Paul is showing that mankind had enough knowledge of God through creation to glorify Him and be thankful, but instead turned away into idolatry and corruption. Romans 1 especially describes the Gentile world apart from the Law, but Jews are not excluded from Paul’s larger argument. In Romans 2 Paul turns toward the moralist and the Jew, and by Romans 3 he concludes that “both Jews and Gentiles” are under sin (Rom 3:9). Romans 1 is really about all humanity, and certainly Israel in her disobedience. It is Paul’s first step in proving that all humanity needs the righteousness of God (only acquirable by faith), because no one will be justified before God by human works, law-keeping, or religious privilege.
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