1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.
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1 Peter 4:3
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3 You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
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1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
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Psalm 115:5
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5 They have mouths but cannot speak,
and eyes but cannot see.
Ephesians 2:11-12
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Oneness and Peace in Christ
11 Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. 12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
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Galatians 4:8
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Paul’s Concern for the Galatians
8 Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Habakkuk 2:18-19
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18 “What good is an idol carved by man,
or a cast image that deceives you?
How foolish to trust in your own creation—
a god that can’t even talk!
19 What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,
‘Wake up and save us!’
To speechless stone images you say,
‘Rise up and teach us!’
Can an idol tell you what to do?
They may be overlaid with gold and silver,
but they are lifeless inside.
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 Their gods are like
helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
They cannot speak,
and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of such gods,
for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”
Ephesians 4:17-18
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Living as Children of Light
17 With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. 18 Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
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1 Peter 1:18
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18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
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Titus 3:3
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3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
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Matthew 15:14
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14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Isaiah 46:7
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7 They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can’t even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.
Psalm 135:16
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16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
and eyes but cannot see.
Psalm 115:7
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7 They have hands but cannot feel,
and feet but cannot walk,
and throats but cannot make a sound.
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