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11 For this thing and to the idols of nations shall not be (a) beholding [or (a) reward]; for the creatures of God be made into hatred, and into temptation to the soul of men, and into a trap, [or a mouse-catch], to the feet of unwise men.

12 For the beginning of fornication, that is, idolatry, which is ghostly (or spiritual) fornication, is the seeking out of idols, and the finding of those idols is the corruption of life. [The beginning forsooth of fornication is the out-seeking of maumets, and the finding of them is corruption of life.]

13 Forsooth those were not at the beginning, neither those shall be without end. [Forsooth they were not from the beginning, nor shall be into without end.]

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