Romans 1:17

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed,.... By "the righteousness of God", is not meant the essential righteousness of God, the rectitude of his nature, his righteousness in fulfilling his…

For - This word implies that he is now about to give a “reason” for what he had just said, a reason why he was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. That reason is stated in this verse. It embodies the…

For therein - In the Gospel of Christ.

Is the righteousness of God - God's method of saving sinners.

Revealed from faith to faith - Shown to be by faith, and not by the works of any law; for Abraham,…

Paul here enters upon a large discourse of justification, in the latter part of this chapter laying down his thesis, and, in order to the proof of it, describing the deplorable condition of the…

the righteousness of God A phrase occurring elsewhere seven times in this Epistle (Rom 3:5; Rom 3:21-22; Rom 3:25-26; Rom 10:3 twice), once in the Gospels (Mat 6:33), once in 2 Cor. (Rom 5:21), once…