📜WEB · Romans 1:18

What does Romans 1:18 mean?

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,"

— Romans 1:18 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

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For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

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For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

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because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

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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.

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Because, knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

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