Romans 1:23

New English Translation

²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings^[a] or birds or four-footed animals^[b] or reptiles.

Romans 1:23 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 (aphthartos, “immortal, imperishable, incorruptible”) and φθαρτός (phthartos, “mortal, corruptible, subject to decay”).
Romans 1:23 sn Possibly an allusion to Ps 106:19-20.

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