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1 Corinthians 10:19

James Moffatt - New Testament

Do I imply, you ask, that 'food offered to an idol has any meaning, or that an idol itself means any thing'?

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Well then, with regard to food that has been offered to idols, I am quite aware that 'there is no such thing as an idol in the world' and that 'there is only the one God.'

I may prophesy, fathom all mysteries and secret lore, I may have such absolute faith that I can move hills from their place, but if I have no love, I count for nothing;

So neither planter nor waterer counts, but God alone who makes the seed grow.

God has chosen what is mean and despised in the world — things which are not, to put down things that are;

Now this is playing the fool! But you forced me to it, instead of coming forward yourselves and vouching for me. That was what I deserved; for, 'nobody' as I am, I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles.'

You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.




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