Romans 1:19

This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.

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In The King James Version

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

In Context

18So, too, there is a revelation from heaven of the divine wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those people who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the truth.

20For ever since the creation of the universe God’s invisible attributes – his everlasting power and divinity – are to be seen and studied in his works, so that people have no excuse;

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Cross References

John 1:9That was the true light which enlightens everyone coming into the world.

Acts 17:23For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription – ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:17-19

Paul's Discourse on Justification. ( a. d. 58.) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Paul here enters upon a large discourse of… Read the whole commentary →

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