“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their own consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them. The law written on the heart (graphō en tais kardiais) refers to the conscience (syneidēsis), the human faculty that discerns moral truth. This conscience bears witness (martyreō) to the law's demands and either accuses (kategoreo) or defends (apologeomai) human conduct. The internalization of moral law in all humanity establishes that Gentiles possess moral culpability despite lacking the written Torah.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!