Acts 19:26

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Summary

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

That not

Acts 19:10

1 Corinthians 16:8

1 Thessalonians 1:9

That they

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That not

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

However, I'll stay on in Ephesus until Pentecost,

For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

That they

"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.

Who would shape a god or cast an image that profits nothing?

"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?

For the practices of the people are worthless. Indeed, a tree is cut down from the forest; it's the work of the hands of a craftsman with an ax.

Because from Israel it was fashioned by craftsmen, it is not God; therefore Samaria's calf will be broken in pieces.

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything?

You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.

However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.

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Shouldn't all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us? So, let's give our consent to them, and then they'll live with us."

"You are not to make molten gods for yourselves.

Who would shape a god or cast an image that profits nothing?

Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods!