Acts 19:26

Good News Translation

Now, you can see and hear for yourselves what this fellow Paul is doing. He says that hand-made gods are not gods at all, and he has succeeded in convincing many people, both here in Ephesus and in nearly the whole province of Asia.

Cross References

Jeremiah 10:11

You people must tell them that the gods who did not make the earth and the sky will be destroyed. They will no longer exist anywhere on earth.)

Hosea 8:6

An Israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold bull worshiped in Samaria will be smashed to pieces!

Acts 14:15

“Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.

Acts 17:29

Since we are God's children, we should not suppose that his nature is anything like an image of gold or silver or stone, shaped by human art and skill.

Acts 18:19

They arrived in Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He went into the synagogue and held discussions with the Jews.

Acts 19:1

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the province and arrived in Ephesus. There he found some disciples

Acts 19:10

This went on for two years, so that all the people who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 19:25

So he called them all together with others whose work was like theirs and said to them, “Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this work.

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that while you were still heathen, you were led astray in many ways to the worship of lifeless idols.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will serve gods made by human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat or smell.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God

Revelation 9:20

The rest of the human race, all those who had not been killed by these plagues, did not turn away from what they themselves had made. They did not stop worshiping demons, nor the idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.