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Galatians 4:8
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Galatians 4:8
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Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Formerly, when you did not know God,(A) you were slaves(B) to those who by nature are not gods.(C)
1 Thessalonians 4:5
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1 Thessalonians 4:5
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1 Corinthians 8:4
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1 Corinthians 8:4
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4 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)
2 Thessalonians 1:8
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2 Thessalonians 1:8
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Ephesians 2:11-12
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Ephesians 2:11-12
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Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ
11 Therefore, remember that formerly(A) you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)(B)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(C) to the covenants of the promise,(D) without hope(E) and without God in the world.
1 Peter 4:3
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1 Peter 4:3
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3 For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B)
1 Thessalonians 1:9
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1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 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)
1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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1 Corinthians 10:19-20
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19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?(A) 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(B) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
1 Corinthians 1:21
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1 Corinthians 1:21
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21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(A) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(B) those who believe.(C)
Isaiah 37:19
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Isaiah 37:19
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19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(A) and destroyed them,(B) for they were not gods(C) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(D)
2 Chronicles 13:9
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2 Chronicles 13:9
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Ephesians 4:18
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 They are darkened in their understanding(A) and separated from the life of God(B) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.(C)
1 Corinthians 12:2
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1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that when you were pagans,(A) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(B)
Jeremiah 10:25
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Jeremiah 10:25
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Jeremiah 10:3-16
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Jeremiah 10:3-16
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3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman(A) shapes it with his chisel.(B)
4 They adorn it with silver(C) and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.(D)
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;(E)
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.(F)
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm(G)
nor can they do any good.”(H)
6 No one is like you,(I) Lord;
you are great,(J)
and your name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not fear(K) you,
King of the nations?(L)
This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
and in all their kingdoms,
there is no one like you.
8 They are all senseless(M) and foolish;(N)
they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(O)
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(P)
and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(Q)
is then dressed in blue and purple—
all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
he is the living God,(R) the eternal King.(S)
When he is angry,(T) the earth trembles;(U)
the nations cannot endure his wrath.(V)
11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(W) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]
12 But God made(X) the earth(Y) by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom(Z)
and stretched out the heavens(AA) by his understanding.
13 When he thunders,(AB) the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning(AC) with the rain(AD)
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(AE)
14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed(AF) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(AG)
they have no breath in them.
15 They are worthless,(AH) the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
16 He who is the Portion(AI) of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,(AJ)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(AK)—
the Lord Almighty is his name.(AL)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.
Isaiah 44:9-20
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Isaiah 44:9-20
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9 All who make idols(A) are nothing,
and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(E)
which can profit nothing?(F)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(G)
such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and shame.(H)
12 The blacksmith(I) takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.(J)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.(K)
13 The carpenter(L) measures with a line
and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(M)
human form in all its glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.(N)
14 He cut down cedars,
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine,(O) and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel(P) for burning;
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships(Q) it;
he makes an idol and bows(R) down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.(S)”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.(T)
He prays(U) to it and says,
“Save(V) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(W) nothing;
their eyes(X) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(Y) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(Z)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(AA) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(AB)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(AC) a deluded(AD) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(AE)”
Joshua 24:15
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Joshua 24:15
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15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(A) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(B) we will serve the Lord.”(C)
Joshua 24:2
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Joshua 24:2
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2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor,(A) lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.(B)
Exodus 5:2
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Exodus 5:2
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2 Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord,(A) that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.”(B)
1 John 3:1
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1 John 3:1
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3 See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)
Romans 1:28
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Romans 1:28
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28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(A) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
Acts 17:29-30
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Acts 17:29-30
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29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(A) 30 In the past God overlooked(B) such ignorance,(C) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(D)
Acts 17:23
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Acts 17:23
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23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship(A)—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
Acts 14:12
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Acts 14:12
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12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.(A)
John 1:10
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John 1:10
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10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(A) the world did not recognize him.
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