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Romans 1:23 KJV
Romans · chapter 1 · verse 23
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.Romans 1:23 · King James Version
Romans 1:23 in context
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
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Key words (Strong's)
- uncorruptibleaphthartosuncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay, imperishable, of things, immortal, of the…G862 →
- corruptiblephthartoscorruptible, perishingG5349 →
- changedallassōto change, to exchange one thing for another, to transformG236 →
- beaststetrapousa fourfooted animalG5074 →
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
- imageeikōnan image, figure, likeness, an image of the things , used of the moral likeness of…G1504 →
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In this last part of the chapter the apostle applies what he had said particularly to the Gentile world, in which we may observe, I. The means and helps they had to come to the knowledge of God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-32