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Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

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ASV

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
τὰtaTheG3588 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἀόραταaoratainvisible qualitiesG517 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
κτίσεωςktiseōs[the] creationG2937 →
κόσμουkosmouof [the] worldG2889 →
τοῖςtoisby theG3588 →
ποιήμασινpoiēmasinthings madeG4161 →
νοούμεναnooumenabeing understoodG3539 →
καθορᾶται,kathorataiare clearly seen,G2529 →
ἥhētheG3588 →
τεtebothG5037 →
ἀΐδιοςaidioseternalG126 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
δύναμιςdunamispowerG1411 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
θειότης,theiotēsdivinity,G2305 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
τὸto<the>G3588 →
εἶναιeinaito beG1511 →
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846 →
ἀναπολογήτους.anapologētouswithout excuse.G379 →

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Romans 1:19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.Psalms 19:1–6The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—Psalms 33:6–9By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.Romans 2:15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending themJohn 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.Acts 17:27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Psalms 139:13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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