21 Don’t turn away to follow worthless[a] things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless.(A)

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  1. 12:21 LXX reads away after empty

21 Do not turn away after useless(A) idols.(B) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,”[a] and that “there is no God but one.”(A)

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  1. 8:4 Or an idol has no real existence

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C)

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for they themselves report[a] what kind of reception(A) we had from you: how you turned(B) to God from idols(C) to serve the living(D) and true(E) God

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  1. 1:9 Lit report about us

for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(A) to God from idols(B) to serve the living and true God,(C)

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