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NASB					Rom 1:23 and ^Aexchanged²³⁶ the glory¹³⁹¹ of the incorruptible^862a God²³¹⁶ for an image¹⁵⁰⁴ in the form³⁶⁶⁷ of corruptible⁵³⁴⁹ man⁴⁴⁴ and of birds⁴⁰⁷¹ and four-footed⁵⁰⁷⁴ animals⁵⁰⁷⁴ and ¹crawling²⁰⁶² creatures²⁰⁶².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rom 1:23 and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for ¹an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.

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Or reptiles

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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.

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Deut 4:16 so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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236

allassô; from 243; to change:--alter(1), change(1), changed(3), exchanged(1).

444

anthrôpos; prob. from 435 and ôps (eye, face); a man, human, mankind:--any(1), anyone(1), child(1), enemy*(1), everyone*(1), fellow(1), friend(1), human(5), human judgment(1), human relations(1), king*(1), Man(89), man(232), man's(8), mankind(5), men(164), men's(2), nobleman*(1), one*(3), others(4), people(13), people*(1), person(2), persons(1), self(4).

862a

aphthartos; from 1 (as a neg. pref.) and 5351; undecaying, i.e. imperishable:--immortal(1), imperishable(4), imperishable quality(1), incorruptible(1).

1391

doxa; from 1380; opinion (always good in N.T.), hence praise, honor, glory:--approval(2), brightness(1), glories(1), glorious(5), glory(155), honor(1), majesties(2).

1504

eikôn; from 1503; an image, i.e. lit. statue, fig. representation:--form(1), image(19), likeness(3).

2062

herpeton; from herpô (to crawl); a creeping thing:--crawling creatures(3), reptiles(1).

2316

theos; of unc. or.; God, a god:--divinely(1), God(1267), god(6), God's(27), God-fearing(1), godly(2), godly*(1), gods(8), Lord(1).

3667

homoiôma; from 3666; that which is made like (something):--appearance(1), form(1), likeness(4).

4071

peteinon; from peteinos; from 4072; winged:--birds(14).

5074

tetrapous; from 5064 and 4228; four-footed:--four-footed animals(3).

5349

phthartos; from 5351; perishable, corruptible:--corruptible(1), perishable(3), perishable things(1), which is perishable(1).

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