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Acts 19:26

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

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ASV

And 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 are no gods, that are made with hands:

KJV

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:

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καὶkaiAndG2532 →
θεωρεῖτεtheōreiteyou seeG2334 →
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ἀκούετεakouetehearG191 →
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ἘφέσουEphesouin EphesusG2181 →
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πάσηςpasēsin allG3956 →
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ἈσίαςAsiasof AsiaG773 →
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ΠαῦλοςPaulosPaulG3972 →
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πείσαςpeisashaving persuaded [them]G3982 →
μετέστησενmetestēsenhe has turned awayG3179 →
ἱκανὸνhikanona great manyG2425 →
ὄχλονochlonpeopleG3793 →
λέγωνlegōnsayingG3004 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
εἰσὶνeisinthey areG1510 →
θεοὶtheoigodsG2316 →
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διὰdiathroughG1223 →
χειρῶνcheirōnhandsG5495 →
γινόμενοι.ginomenoibeing made.G1096 →

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1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Acts 17:29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.Daniel 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Isaiah 44:10–20Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”Isaiah 44:10Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?1 Corinthians 16:8–9But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.1 Corinthians 10:19–20Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Jeremiah 10:14–15Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true GodPsalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

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