16. For man made them, and he who borrowed his own breath, formed them. For no man will be able to form God in the likeness of himself.
17. For, being mortal, he forms a dead thing with his unjust hands. Yet, he is better than those things that he worships, because he indeed has lived, though he is mortal, but they never have.
18. Moreover, they worship the most miserable animals, for, to make a foolish comparison, these others are worse.
19. But not even from their appearance can anyone discern anything good in these animals. Yet they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing.