Romans 1:20

Romans 1:20. For the invisible things of God. Some of His attributes, as explained afterwards.

Since the creation of the world. ‘From,' while literally correct, may be misunderstood as referring to the means of clearly seeing.

Being perceived, etc. The mode of clearly seeing the invisible attributes of God is the perception of them through the visible things which He has made.

Even his everlasting power and divinity. The word ‘everlasting' here is not the same as that usually rendered ‘eternal'; it belongs to both nouns. ‘Eternal, and Almighty, have always been recognized epithets of the Creator' (Alford). Through the ‘power' men recognize the ‘divinity,' which here means not the personal Deity, but the sum of the divine attributes. The position Paul takes is opposed to Pantheism.

That they may be without excuse. The designed result is here set forth; ‘so that' is not literally exact. But man's inexcusableness, not God's sovereignty, is under discussion.