...vain in their imagination, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. They {the heathen, the...

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...Professing themselves to be wise' - that is, glorying in their own wisdom, and being possessed by pride - 'they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things' - for they were either leaders...

...this denunciation of idolatry when he condemned the Greeks, since 'professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to the birds, and four-footed things and creeping things'.4 As heir to the Judaic...

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...themselves to be wise they became fools," but that is only the beginning of the sentence, which continues "And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man" and draws this conclusion: "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affecor tions:...