“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
There is no fear of God before their eyes. From Psalm 36:1. The fear (phobos) of God—reverent awe before the holy God—is absent. Without this foundational posture, all other corruption becomes intelligible. The catalogue concludes where it should have begun: with the failure to acknowledge God's transcendence and authority.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:18
He had accused the Gentiles, he had accused the Jews; it came next in order to mention the righteousness which is by faith. For if the law of nature availed not, and the written Law was of no advantage, but both weighed down those that used them not aright, and made it plain that they were worthy of greater punishment, then after this the salvation which is by grace was necessary. Speak then of it, O Paul, and display it. But as yet he does not venture, as having an eye to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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