Romans 1:23

1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings 1  or birds or four-footed animals 2  or reptiles.

1 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”).

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