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

And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

For they themselves show of us what manner of welcome we had unto you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

That they

And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that you should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them:

Therefore then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Deity is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Who fashions a god, or molds a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?

To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

For from Israel is even this: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

What do I say then? that the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?

You know that you were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as you were led.

But then, when you knew not God, you did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

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Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

You shall make you no molten gods.

Who fashions a god, or molds a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?