For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
So when the crowds were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”
At that time, however, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.