Romans 1:23

23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

23and they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and 1:23 Or reptilescrawling creatures.

23and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and Or reptilescrawling creatures.

23and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for 1:23 Paul’s indictment of idolatry (images) is logical and devastating. He emphasizes that idols are essentially copies of living creatures, whether in human form (as, for example, in ancient Greek myth) or otherwise (as in Egyptian idolatry and metaphysics). These lifeless images are clearly powerless, and even the living creatures which they supposedly represent are either nonexistent hybrids and monsters, or else ordinary creatures on earth who could hardly create so much as a grain of sand.an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.

23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

23They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.