What is happening here?
Paul introduces himself as a servant and apostle separated unto the gospel of God concerning His Son, promised beforehand in Scripture and declared Son of God with power by resurrection. He states the theme: the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, revealing righteousness by faith. He then begins the case for universal guilt by showing God’s wrath against Gentile ungodliness, suppression of truth, idolatry, and the downward consequences of exchanging the Creator for created things.
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