Invisible Attributes of God

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God's works reveal his invisible attributes

God's works — what he has done/made/created — reveal his invisible attributes.

Romans 1:20

The invisible attributes of God, even his eternal power and divinity, since the creation of the world, are very evident: being known by his works.
Romans 1:20 as translated by John Thomas
KJV
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead
RSV
Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse;


When?

The invisible attributes of God, even his eternal power and divinity, since the creation of the world, are very evident: being known by his works.
When? since the world began, and now

Which attributes?

The invisible attributes of God, even his eternal power and divinity, since the creation of the world, are very evident: being known by his works.
What do we learn? his eternal power, and the fact that he is God

Where do we look?

The invisible attributes of God, even his eternal power and divinity, since the creation of the world, are very evident: being known by his works.
Where? his works, what he has done . . . since Creation