Who are the fools in Romans 1:22?
Romans 1:22 identifies the fools as ungodly men, men without faith, who profess themselves to be wise yet become fools. Scripture defines a fool as the man or woman who says no to what God says for us. This pattern is typical of ungodly humanity.
Les explains that in Romans 1:22, the fools are ungodly men—men without faith—who profess themselves to be wise but become fools. He showed what a fool is according to Scripture: the man or the woman who says no to what God says for us. He notes that this is so typical. The verse is the point where he left off in Romans chapter 1, identifying these self-professed wise people as the fools.
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,