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 tn The participle φάσκοντες (faskonte") is used concessively here.

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”).

3 sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 106:19-20.