Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 1]
1:31 {Without understanding} (\asunetous\). Same word in verse
21. {Covenant-breakers} (\asunthetous\). Another paronomasia or
pun. \A\ privative and verbal \sunthetos\ from \suntith•mi\, to
put together. Old word, common in LXX (Jer 3:7), men "false to
their engagements" (Sanday and Headlam), who treat covenants as
"a scrap of paper." {Without natural affection} (\astorgous\).
Late word, \a\ privative and \storg•\, love of kindred. In N.T.
only here and 2Ti 3:3. {Unmerciful} (\anele•monas\). From \a\
privative and \ele•m•n\, merciful. Late word, only here in N.T.
Some MSS. add \aspondous\, implacable, from 2Ti 3:3. It is a
terrible picture of the effects of sin on the lives of men and
women. The late Dr. R. H. Graves of Canton, China, said that a
Chinaman who got hold of this chapter declared that Paul could
not have written it, but only a modern missionary who had been to
China. It is drawn to the life because Paul knew Pagan
Graeco-Roman civilization.
1:32 {The ordinance of God} (\to dikai•ma tou theou\). The
heathen knows that God condemns such evil practices. {But also
consent with them} (\alla kai suneudokousin\). Late verb for
hearty approval as in Lu 11:48; Ac 8:1; 1Co 7:12. It is a
tragedy of American city government that so many of the officials
are proven to be hand in glove with the underworld of
law-breakers.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Romans: Chapter 1)