2 Instead either fire, or wind, or the swift air,or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water,or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.
3 Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods,let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these;for the original source of beauty fashioned them.
4 Or if they were struck by their might and energy,let them realize from these things how much more powerful is the one who made them.
5 For from the greatness and the beauty of created thingstheir original author, by analogy, is seen.
6 But yet, for these the blame is less;For they have gone astray perhaps,though they seek God and wish to find him.
7 For they search busily among his works,but are distracted by what they see, because the things seen are fair.
8 But again, not even these are pardonable.