Romans 1:22
Romans 1:22 King James Version (KJV)
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:22 New International Version (NIV)
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:22 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:18-23 The Message (MSG)
But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.
Romans 1:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Professing to be wise, they became fools
Romans 1:22 New Century Version (NCV)
They said they were wise, but they became fools.
Romans 1:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools