Surely you know the truth, don’t you?\par Surely you have heard!\par Surely someone told you long ago!\par Surely you understand who made the earth!\par
Romans 1:19 - Easy To Read Version God shows his anger, because everything that is known about God has been made clear to them. Yes, God has clearly shown people everything that is known about him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them. American Standard Version (1901) because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them. Common English Bible This is because what is known about God should be plain to them because God made it plain to them. Catholic Public Domain Version For what is known about God is manifest in them. For God has manifested it to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them. |
Surely you know the truth, don’t you?\par Surely you have heard!\par Surely someone told you long ago!\par Surely you understand who made the earth!\par
Look up to the skies.\par Who created all those stars?\par Who created all those ‘armies’\par \{in the sky\}?\par Who knows every star by name?\par \{The true God\} is very strong and powerful,\par so none of these stars is lost.”\par
The true Light was coming into the world. This is the true Light that gives light to all people.
There are things about God that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy for people to understand. Those things are made clear in the things that God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.
(The non-Jews don’t have the law. But when they naturally do things that the law commands without even knowing the law, then they are their own law. This is true even though they don’t have the written law.