11 Bible Verses about Pagans

And when you pray, do not use empty repetitions as the Gentiles do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

And if you greet only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you may have been moved.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."

No, but I say that the things pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: a man has his father's wife.

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.