There is no fear of God before their eyes.
They don't have any respect or reverence for God at all, it's like he doesn't even exist in their world.
When you live like God doesn't matter, you lose your moral compass completely.
📚 Historical Context
In the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, written around 57 AD to a church in the heart of the Roman Empire, this verse is a quotation from Psalm 36:1 that Paul uses to summarize the universal sinfulness of humanity as described in Romans 3:10-18. Paul is building his argument that both Jews and Gentiles are under sin's power, showing how a lack of fear of God leads to moral and spiritual blindness. This context underscores the need for the gospel as the only remedy for human depravity.
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