Romans 1:22

professing to be wise, they became fools,

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

In Context

21Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;

23and for the glory of the incorruptible God they substituted images of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

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Cross References

Proverbs 25:14As clouds and wind without rain, So is the man that boasteth falsely of giving.

Isaiah 47:10Thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, “No one seeth me”; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have led thee astray; Thou saidst in thy heart, “I am, and there is none besides me”;

Jeremiah 10:14Brutish is every one who hath not this knowledge; By his image is every founder put to shame, For his molten-work is deceit; There is no breath in it.

Romans 11:25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, 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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