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There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
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A Heart, Not a Head, Problem
Commentators explain that the phrase "none that understandeth" refers to more than intellectual capacity. It describes a spiritual and moral condition where the human heart, by nature, is not inclined toward God. True biblical understanding involves a heart that is wise and disposed to obey God, a state no one achieves on their own.
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Romans
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There is none that understandeth. In the Hebrew (Psalms 14:2), God is represented as looking down from heaven to see, that is,…
That understandeth (συνιων). Present active participle of συνιω, late omega form of -μ verb συνιημ, to send together, to grasp, to…
19th Century
Baptist
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…
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However, there is another argument waiting to be brought into play to seal the verdict. It is the testimony of Scripture. Writing to those who were…
16th Century
Protestant
The first effect is, that there is none that understands: and then this ignorance is immediately proved, for they seek not Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There is none that understandeth This is rightly concluded, from what the Psalmist says, (Psalms 14:2) ,…
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It is shown here again that all humankind are under the guilt of sin as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, enslaved by it to d…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the Jews’ advantage over the Gentiles regarding God’s blessings, the Apostle now rejects their vainglory, by which they set…
