2 Chronicles 13:9
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9 (A)Have you not driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes (B)to ordain himself with a bull from the herd and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are (C)no gods.
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2 Chronicles 13:9
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Isaiah 37:19
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19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the (A)work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have (B)destroyed them.
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Isaiah 37:19
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19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(A) and destroyed them,(B) for they were not gods(C) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(D)
Jeremiah 2:11
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11 Has a nation changed gods
Though (A)they were not gods?
But My people have (B)changed their glory
For that which does not profit.
Jeremiah 2:11
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1 Corinthians 8:4-13
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4 Therefore, concerning the eating of (A)things sacrificed to idols, we know that [a]an idol is (B)nothing in the world, and that (C)there is no God but one. 5 For even if (D)there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6 yet for us (E)there is one God, (F)the Father, (G)from whom are all things and we exist for Him, and (H)one Lord, Jesus Christ, (I)by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
7 However, not all men (J)have this knowledge; but (K)some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But (L)food will not [b]commend us to God. We neither lack if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat. 9 But (M)see to it that this [c]authority of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the (N)weak. 10 For if someone sees you, who have (O)knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat (P)things sacrificed to idols? 11 For through (Q)your knowledge he who is weak (R)is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. 12 (S)And in that way, by sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin (T)against Christ. 13 Therefore, (U)if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again—ever, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
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- 1 Corinthians 8:4 An idol has no real existence
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- 1 Corinthians 8:9 Or liberty
1 Corinthians 8:4-13
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4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C) 5 For even if there are so-called gods,(D) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God,(E) the Father,(F) from whom all things came(G) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(H) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(I) and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(J) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(K) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(L) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(M) to the weak.(N) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(O) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(P) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(Q) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(R) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(S)
1 Corinthians 10:20
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20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they (A)sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not want you to become sharers in demons.
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1 Corinthians 10:20
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20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons,(A) not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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