Romans 1:22-23

1:22 Although they claimed ¹  to be wise, they became fools 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings ²  or birds or four-footed animals ³  or reptiles.

[1:22]  ¹ tn The participle φάσκοντες (faskonte") is used concessively here.

[1:23]  ² tn Grk “exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God in likeness of an image of corruptible man.” Here there is a wordplay on the Greek terms ἄφθαρτος (afqarto", “immortal, imperishable, incorruptible”) and φθαρτός (fqarto", “mortal, corruptible, subject to decay”).

[1:23]  ³ sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 106:19-20.