God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 (A)For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and (B)unrighteousness of men, who [a]suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

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  1. Romans 1:18 hold down

God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(A) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

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Let no one deceive you(A) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(B) comes on those who are disobedient.(C)

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The Great Apostasy

Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, (B)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (C)seared with a hot iron,

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly

The Spirit(A) clearly says that in later times(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits(C) and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(D)

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32 who, (A)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (B)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (C)approve of those who practice them.

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32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,(A) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve(B) of those who practice them.

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(A)Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon (B)the sons of disobedience,

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Because of these, the wrath of God(A) is coming.[a]

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  1. Colossians 3:6 Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient

10 and with all unrighteous deception among (A)those who perish, because they did not receive (B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B)

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13 And do not present your (A)members as [a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (B)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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  1. Romans 6:13 Or weapons

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(B)

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Much more then, having now been justified (A)by His blood, we shall be saved (B)from wrath through Him.

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Since we have now been justified(A) by his blood,(B) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(C) through him!

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15 because (A)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

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15 because the law brings wrath.(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(B)

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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been (C)done in God.”

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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting;

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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

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And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

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So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

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19 because (A)what may be known of God is [a]manifest [b]in them, for (B)God has shown it to them.

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  1. Romans 1:19 evident
  2. Romans 1:19 among

19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.(A)

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