Romans 3:18 (YLT)

Passage

There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

Nearby Context

Romans 3:16 Ruin and misery <FI>are<Fi> in their ways.

Romans 3:17 And a way of peace they did not know.

Romans 3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

Romans 3:19 And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Romans 3:20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "before", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" and "before", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And a way of peace they did..." into verse 19's "And we have known that as many...", so "fear" and "before" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fear" and "before" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.