Romans 1:25
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25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.(A)
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Habakkuk 2:18
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18 What use is an idol
once its maker has shaped it—
a cast image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in what has been made,
though the product is only an idol that cannot speak!(A)
Jeremiah 13:25
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25 This is your lot,
the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord,
because you have forgotten me
and trusted in lies.(A)
1 John 2:15-16
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A) 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”(A)
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Amos 2:4
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Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
after which their ancestors walked.(A)
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- 2.4 Heb cause it to return
Jeremiah 10:14-15
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14 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,
for their images are false,
and there is no breath in them.(A)
15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
2 Corinthians 11:31
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31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.(A)
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Romans 9:5
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5 to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever.[a] Amen.(A)
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- 9.5 Or Messiah, who is God over all, blessed forever; or Messiah. May he who is God over all be blessed forever
1 John 5:20
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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(A)
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- 5.20 Other ancient authorities read know the true God
2 Timothy 3:4
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4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,(A)
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Romans 1:23
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23 and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.(A)
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Romans 1:18
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The Guilt of Humankind
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of those who by their injustice suppress the truth.(A)
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Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(A)
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1 Timothy 1:17
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17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible,[a] the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.[b] Amen.(A)
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1 Timothy 1:11
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11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
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Matthew 10:37
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37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me,(A)
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Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.(A)
Ephesians 3:21
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21 to him be glory in the church and[a] in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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- 3.21 Other ancient authorities omit and
Psalm 145:1-2
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Psalm 145
The Greatness and the Goodness of God
Praise. Of David.
1 I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.(A)
Psalm 72:19
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19 Blessed be his glorious name forever;
may his glory fill the whole earth.
Amen and Amen.(A)
John 2:8
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8 He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.” So they took it.
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