“Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.”
For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. God's revelation is not merely internal or mystical but objective and publicly accessible: what may be known (gnōston) about God is evident to human perception and reason. The phrase has shown it to them (phanerōō) establishes that God has made his attributes luminous to human apprehension through the created order and human conscience.
Church Fathers on Romans 1:19
“Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has showed it unto them.” But this glory they invested stocks and stones with. As then he which is entrusted with the goods of the king, and is ordered to spend them upon the king's glory, if he waste these upon robbers, and harlots, and witches, and make these splendid out of the king's stores, he is punished as having done the kingdom the greatest wrong. Thus they also who after having received the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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