## Claiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish ##

"While they were claiming that they were wise, they became foolish"

## themselves…they ##

the "mankind" of [Romans 1:18](./18.md)

## exchanged the glory of the imperishable God  ##

Alternate translation: "traded the truth that God is glorious and will never die" or "stopped believing that God is glorious and will never die"

## for the likeness of an image of ##

Alternate translation: "and instead chose to worship idols that were made to look like"

## perishable man ##

"some human being that will die"