Romans 3:18 Meaning and Explanation
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Paul caps the chain of Scripture with the root of it all: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
What Does Romans 3:18 Mean?
With a final line from the Psalms, Paul names the source beneath every symptom he has listed. There is no fear of God before their eyes. The crooked speech, the swift feet, the ruined ways all trace back to this: God is not held in reverence, not kept in view.
The fear of God in Scripture is not cringing dread but awe, the reverence that is the beginning of wisdom. Where it is absent, everything else unravels. This verse, then, is the deep diagnosis of the human condition and a quiet summons to recover what was lost: to set God before our eyes again, in reverence and love, is where the healing of a life begins.
Romans 3:18 in the Original Language
phobos (φόβος), 'fear' -- here reverent awe before God, not terror.
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What does Romans 3:18 mean?
Paul caps the chain of Scripture with the root of it all: there is no fear of God before their eyes.