And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image f
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn fr
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living an
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with th
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the ha
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.