Romans 1:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

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  • Ps 19:1-6 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork. 2 Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness. 3 There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard. 4 Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun. 5 Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course. 6 It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
  • Rom 1:19 : 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
  • Ps 33:6-9 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts. 7 He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses. 8 Let the whole earth fear the LORD! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him! 9 For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 104:5 : 5 He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
  • John 15:22 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin.
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
  • Ps 139:13 : 13 Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.
  • Job 31:26-28 : 26 if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, 28 then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
  • Ps 104:31 : 31 May the splendor of the LORD endure! May the LORD find pleasure in the living things he has made!
  • Ps 119:90 : 90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm.
  • Ps 90:2 : 2 Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
  • Deut 33:27 : 27 The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”
  • Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust in the LORD from this time forward, even in Yah, the LORD, an enduring protector!
  • Ps 148:8-9 : 8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 9 you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars, 10 you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds, 11 you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth, 12 you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith–
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

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    17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”

    18 The Condemnation of the Unrighteous For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

    19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

  • Rom 1:21-26
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    21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

    22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

    23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

    24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

    25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

    26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

  • Ps 19:1-2
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    1 For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

    2 Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

  • Col 1:15-17
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    15 The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

    16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him– all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers– all things were created through him and for him.

    17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

  • 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

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    20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?

    21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.

  • 18 They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • Rom 2:14-15
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    14 For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves.

    15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

  • 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9 and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.

    10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

  • 3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

  • 5 For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

  • Ps 14:1-2
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    1 For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

    2 The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

  • Rom 2:1-2
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    1 The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

    2 Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

  • 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • 18 known from long ago.

  • 18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

  • 11 there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

  • 10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

  • 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

  • 3 Believers’ Salvation and the Work of God I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

  • 27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

  • 19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

  • 30 Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

  • Ps 53:1-2
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    1 For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

    2 God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

  • 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

  • 16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  • 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

  • 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

  • 6 The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.

  • 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

  • 10 And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.