Passage Research
Romans 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul introduces himself and the gospel to the Roman church, then describes the moral corruption of the Gentile world under God's wrath. Below is a research summary for Romans 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Romans 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πίστις | pístis | G4102 | 6 | assurance, belief, believe, faith |
| ἄρσην | árrhēn | G730 | 3 | male, man |
| κλητός | klētós | G2822 | 3 | called |
| ἀδικία | adikía | G93 | 3 | iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong |
| μεταλλάσσω | metallássō | G3337 | 2 | change |
| χρῆσις | chrēsis | G5540 | 2 | use |
| εὐαγγέλιον | euangélion | G2098 | 3 | gospel |
How preachers through history handled this text
34 public-domain excerpts on Romans 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them, but by praising God for them. As in our purposes, so in our desires, we must remember to say, If the Lord will, Jas 4:15. Our journeys are made prosperous or otherwise, according to the will of God. We should readily impart to others what God has trusted to us, rejoicing to make others joyful, especially taking pleasure in communing with those who believe the same things with us. If redeemed by the blood, and converted by the grace of the Lord Jesus, we are altogether his; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Romans 1:8–15 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Rome— Rom 1:15
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