en_tn/rom/01/22.md

# They claimed to be wise, but they became foolish

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

# They ... they

the people in [Romans 1:18](./18.md)

# exchanged the glory of the imperishable God

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

# for the likenesses of an image of

"and instead chose to worship idols that looked like"

# perishable man

"some human being that will die"

# of birds, of four-footed beasts, and of creeping things

"or that looked like birds, four-footed beasts, or creeping things"