Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise, but they became fools.
Open Word Bible

Treated in 5 passages across the library.

  1. The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton · Ochorus Originals

    The Madman and His Reason cites ROMANS 1:22

    Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. ROMANS 1:22 Chesterton begins the argument of Orthodoxy proper in an unexpected place: the lunatic…

  2. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 4 — The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or Maliciously cites Rom. 1:22

    …admirably described by Paul, when he says, that “thinking to be wise, they became fools” (Rom. 1:22). He had previously said that “they became vain in their imaginations,” but lest any…

  3. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    The Theatre of God’s Glory cites ROMANS 1:22–23

    …made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. ROMANS 1:22–23 Calvin meant this about the images and relics of the church of his day, and he was fierce…

  4. The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria · Ochorus Originals

    The Portrait Renewed on the Same Wood cites ROMANS 1:22–23

    …changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man. ROMANS 1:22–23 Who could restore it Athanasius asks the obvious question. Who could repair such damage?…

  5. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Rom. i. 21-22

    …in their disputations so far, that, their hearts being darkened, they became fools,” (Rom. i. 21-22,) and denied, or pretended not to know, those things which their poets, and the…

All of Romans 1 →