You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, dr
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living an
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcisio
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr
Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fea
they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of th
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of