Romans 1:20

For 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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In The King James Version

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

In Context

19This is so, because what can be known about God is plain to them; for God himself has made it plain.

21because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:33Abraham, however, planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

Psalms 8:3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,

Psalms 33:6By his word the heavens were made, all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 104:5He founded the earth upon pillars, to sustain it unshaken forever.

Psalms 119:90Your truth endures age after age; it is established on earth, and it stands.

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:20-32

The Excellency of the Gospel. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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