You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"),

But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him."

If he called those to whom a message from God came "gods' (and the Scripture cannot be disregarded),

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