wrath of God, as Paul explains it in the following paragraphs, shows that God is equitable and fair. He reveals it against creatures who continue to stifle the truth that he has clearly demonstrated to them. The present tense of the verbs “is revealed” (ἀποκαλύπτεται) and “stifle” (κατεχόντων) is important for two reasons.7 First, it shows that God’s wrath is not merely something that will happen in the future on “the day of … wrath” (2:5) but is something that takes place in the present.8 Second,
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