Romans 1:17-23

¹⁷because in it God's righteousness is revealed, from faith to faith; just as it is written: “The righteous one will live by faith.”

¹⁸Now the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of the people who suppress the truth by unrighteousness,

¹⁹precisely because what may be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

²⁰Because His invisible attributes, namely His eternal power and divine nature, are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood from what has been made, so that they are inexcusable;

²¹precisely because, knowing God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks; so their reasonings became worthless and their senseless hearts were darkened.

²²Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

²³and exchanged for themselves the glory of the incorruptible God for an image resembling a perishable man—even birds and quadrupeds and reptiles!