⁵ Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—

⁴ He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.^(A)

Paul Reproves the Galatians

⁸ Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.^(A)

¹³ For your gods have become as many as your towns, O Judah, and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars to shame you have set up, altars to make offerings to Baal.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe,^(A)

³⁴ Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law,^[a] ‘I said, you are gods’?^{(A) 35} If those to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’—and the scripture cannot be annulled—

⁴ They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.^(A)