Acts 14:15
New Living Translation
15 “Friends,[a] why are you doing this? We are merely human beings—just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 14:15 Greek Men.
James 5:17
New Living Translation
17 Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!
Read full chapter
Acts 10:26
New Living Translation
26 But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!”
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 12:21
New Living Translation
21 Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
Read full chapter
Revelation 14:7
New Living Translation
7 “Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.”
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 8:4
New Living Translation
4 So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 14:22
New Living Translation
22 Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain?
Does it fall from the sky by itself?
No, you are the one, O Lord our God!
Only you can do such things.
So we will wait for you to help us.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
New Living Translation
9 for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 32:21
New Living Translation
21 They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God;
they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.
Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;
I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.
Ephesians 4:17
New Living Translation
Living as Children of Light
17 With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused.
Read full chapter
Acts 4:24
New Living Translation
24 When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—
Read full chapter
Matthew 16:16
New Living Translation
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,[a] the Son of the living God.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 16:16 Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
Jonah 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Psalm 146:5-6
New Living Translation
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel[a] as their helper,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He keeps every promise forever.
Psalm 31:6
New Living Translation
6 I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the Lord.
Genesis 1:1
New Living Translation
The Account of Creation
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[a]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .
Revelation 22:9
New Living Translation
9 But he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this book. Worship only God!”
Read full chapter
Revelation 19:19
New Living Translation
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army.
Read full chapter
Revelation 19:10
New Living Translation
10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters[a] who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.[b]”
Read full chapter
Hebrews 3:12
New Living Translation
12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters.[a] Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3:12 Greek brothers.
1 Timothy 3:15
New Living Translation
15 so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Read full chapter
Romans 1:20-23
New Living Translation
20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
Read full chapter
Acts 27:25
New Living Translation
25 So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he said.
Read full chapter
Acts 27:21
New Living Translation
21 No one had eaten for a long time. Finally, Paul called the crew together and said, “Men, you should have listened to me in the first place and not left Crete. You would have avoided all this damage and loss.
Read full chapter
Acts 27:10
New Living Translation
10 “Men,” he said, “I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on—shipwreck, loss of cargo, and danger to our lives as well.”
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.