The Lord has glory and honor.\par The Lord is like a bright, shining light.\par
1 Chronicles 16:26 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because all the gods of the world\par are only worthless statues.\par But the Lord made the skies!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all the gods of the people are idols: But the LORD made the heavens. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all the gods of the people are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. American Standard Version (1901) For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens. Common English Bible because all the gods of the nations are just idols, but it is the LORD who created heaven! Catholic Public Domain Version For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But the Lord made the heavens. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. |
The Lord has glory and honor.\par The Lord is like a bright, shining light.\par
Long ago, you made the world.\par You made the sky with your own hands!\par
All of the “gods” in other nations\par are only statues.\par But the Lord made the heavens.\par
Look up to the skies.\par Who created all those stars?\par Who created all those ‘armies’\par \{in the sky\}?\par Who knows every star by name?\par \{The true God\} is very strong and powerful,\par so none of these stars is lost.”\par
The Lord, the \{true\} God, said these things. (The Lord made the skies. The Lord spread the skies over the earth. He also made everything on the earth. The Lord breathes life into all people on earth. The Lord gives a spirit to every person that walks on the earth.)
The Lord made you what you are.\par The Lord did this while you\par were still in your mother’s body.\par The Lord says,\par “I, the Lord, made everything!\par I put the skies there myself!\par I spread the earth before me.”\par
“Don’t worship idols. [335] Don’t make melted statues of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God!
But look at what this man Paul is doing! Listen to what he is saying! Paul has influenced and changed many people. He has done this in Ephesus and all over the country of Asia. {\cf2\super [391]} Paul says the gods that men make are not real.
So \{this is what I say\} about eating meat: We know that an idol {\cf2\super [48]} is really nothing in the world. And we know that there is only one God.
The angel said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him praise. The time has come for God to judge \{all people\}. Worship God. He made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.”