Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
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
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcisio
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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 cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, dr
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend,
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Te
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For t
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whethe
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
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless
For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image f
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.