You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"

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

Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.