Romans 1:22

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

In Context

21Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.

23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:14Clouds and wind without rain, [is] he who boasts himself of his gifts falsely.

Isaiah 47:10For thou have trusted in thy wickedness. Thou have said, None sees me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it has perverted thee. And thou have said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.

Jeremiah 10:14Every man has become brutish, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image. For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Romans 11:25For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.

Matthew Henry on Romans 1:20-32

The Excellency of the Gospel. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 20 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; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22… Read the whole commentary →

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