⁶⁴ “And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and ^(B)there you shall serve other gods ^(C)of wood and stone, ^(D)which neither you nor your fathers have known.

⁷ So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they ^(A)whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

²⁰ The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(A)did not repent of ^(B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping ^(C)demons ^(D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,

Some Will Depart from the Faith

4 Now ^(A)the Spirit expressly says that ^(B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to ^(C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

¹⁹ What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that ^(A)an idol is anything? ²⁰ No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice ^(B)they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

⁴ Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that ^(A)“an idol has no real existence,” and that ^(B)“there is no God but one.”