15 and saying, “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? (B)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from (C)these useless things (D)to the living God, (E)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

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15 “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human,(A) like you. We are bringing you good news,(B) telling you to turn from these worthless things(C) to the living God,(D) who made the heavens and the earth(E) and the sea and everything in them.(F)

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17 Elijah was a man (A)with a nature like ours, and (B)he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

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17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(A) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(B)

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Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (A)an idol is nothing in the world, (B)and that there is no other God but one.

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So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C)

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26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, (A)“Stand up; I myself am also a man.”

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26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”(A)

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21 And (A)do not turn aside; (B)for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

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21 Do not turn away after useless(A) idols.(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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saying with a loud voice, (A)“Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; (B)and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

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He said in a loud voice, “Fear God(A) and give him glory,(B) because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made(C) the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”(D)

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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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For they themselves declare concerning us (A)what manner of entry we had to you, (B)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

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for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(A) to God from idols(B) to serve the living and true God,(C)

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The New Man

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of

Instructions for Christian Living

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer(A) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.(B)

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“Those who regard (A)worthless idols
Forsake their own [a]Mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:8 Or Lovingkindness

“Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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(A)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
(B)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

He is the Maker of heaven(C) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful(D) forever.

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21 (A)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger (B)by their [a]foolish idols.
But (C)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:21 foolishness, lit. vanities

21 They made me jealous(A) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(B)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(C)

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