But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!

For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

Those standing near him said, "Do you dare insult God's high priest?"

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'