Bible verses about "idolaters" | MSTC

³ For this is the will of God, even that ye should be holy, and that ye should abstain from fornication, ⁴ that every one of you should know how to keep his vessel in holiness and honour, ⁵ and not in the lust of concupiscence, as do the heathen, which know not God,

¹ Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called unto the office to be an apostle, put apart to preach the Gospel of God, ² which he promised afore by his prophets, in the holy scriptures ³ that make mention of his son, the which was begotten unto him of the seed of David, as pertaining to the flesh: ⁴ and declared to be the son of God with power of the holy ghost, that sanctifieth, since the time that Jesus Christ our Lord rose again from death: ⁵ by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to bring all manner heathen people unto obedience of the faith, that is in his name: ⁶ of the which heathen are ye a part also, which are Jesus Christ's by vocation. ⁷ To all you of Rome beloved of God, and saints by calling. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world. ⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the Gospel of his son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ¹⁰ beseeching that at one time or another, a prosperous journey, by the will of God, might fortune me to come unto you. ¹¹ For I long to see you, that I might bestow among you some spiritual gift, to strengthen you withal. ¹² That is: that I might have consolation together with you, through the common faith, which both ye and I have. ¹³ I would that ye should know, brethren, how that I have oftentimes purposed to come unto you, but have been let hitherto, to have some fruit among you, as I have among other of the gentiles. ¹⁴ For I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to them which are no Greeks, unto the learned and also unto the unlearned. ¹⁵ Likewise, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel to you of Rome also. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe; namely to the Jew, and also to the gentile. ¹⁷ For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith." ¹⁸ For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness. ¹⁹ Seeing what may be known of God, that same is manifest among them: For God did show it unto them. ²⁰ So that his invisible things, that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understood and seen by the works from the creation of the world. So that they are without excuse, ²¹ inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded. ²² When they counted themselves wise, they became fools ²³ and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents. ²⁴ Wherefore God, likewise, gave them up unto their hearts' lusts, unto uncleanness to defile their own bodies between themselves: ²⁵ which turned his truth unto a lie, and worshipped and served the creatures more than the creator, which is blessed forever, Amen. ²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural. ²⁷ And likewise also the men left the natural use of the woman, and burnt in their lusts, one on another, among themselves. And man with man wrought filthiness: and received in themselves the reward of their error, as it was according. ²⁸ And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely, ²⁹ being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers, ³⁰ backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers-up of evil things, disobedient to fathers and mothers, ³¹ without understanding, covenant-breakers, unloving, truce-breakers, and merciless. ³² Which men, though they knew the righteousness of God, how that they which such things commit are worthy of death: yet not only do the same, but also have pleasure in them that do them.

¹⁴ But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence. ¹⁵ Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

¹⁵ For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.

¹ And there came two angels to Sodom at even. And Lot sat at the gate of the city. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself to the ground with his face. ² And he said, "See lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house; and tarry all night and wash your feet, and rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will bide in the streets all night." ³ And he compelled them exceedingly. And they turned in unto him and entered into his house, and he made them a feast and did bake sweet cakes, and they ate. ⁴ But before they went to rest, the men of the city of Sodom compassed the house round about both old and young, all the people from all quarters. ⁵ And they called unto Lot and said unto him, "Where are the men which came into thy house tonight? Bring them out unto us that we may do our lust with them." ⁶ And Lot went out at doors unto them and shut the door after him, ⁷ and said, "Nay. For God's sake, brethren, do not so wickedly. ⁸ Behold, I have two daughters which have known no man; them will I bring out unto you: do with them as it seemeth you good: Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof." ⁹ And they said, "Come hither." And they said, "Camest thou not in to sojourn, and wilt thou be now a judge? We will surely deal worse with thee than with them. And as they pressed sore upon Lot and began to break up the door, ¹⁰ the men put forth their hands and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the door. ¹¹ And the men that were at the door of the house, they smote with blindness — both small and great, so that they could not find the door. ¹² And the men said moreover unto Lot, "If thou have yet here any son-in-law or sons or daughters or whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring it out of this place: ¹³ for we must destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before the LORD. Wherefore he hath sent us to destroy it." ¹⁴ And Lot went out and spake unto his sons-in-law, which should have married his daughters, and said, "Stand up and get you out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city!" But he seemed as though he had mocked, unto his sons-in-law. ¹⁵ And as the morning arose, the angels caused Lot to speed him, saying, "Stand up, take thy wife and thy two daughters and that that is at hand, lest thou perish in the sin of the city." ¹⁶ And as he prolonged the time, the men caught both him, his wife and his two daughters by the hands; because the LORD was merciful unto him, and they brought him forth and set him without the city. ¹⁷ When they had brought them out, they said, "Save thy life and look not behind thee, neither tarry thou in any place of the country, but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou perish." ¹⁸ Then said Lot unto them, "Oh nay my lord: ¹⁹ behold, inasmuch as thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, now make thy mercy great which thou showest unto me in saving my life. For I cannot save myself in the mountains, lest some misfortune fall upon me and I die. ²⁰ Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one, let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live?" ²¹ And he said to him, "See, I have received thy request as concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken. ²² Haste thee, and save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither." And therefore the name of the city is called Zoar. ²³ And the sun was upon the earth when Lot was entered into Zoar. ²⁴ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, ²⁵ and overthrew those cities and all the region, and all that dwelled in the cities, and that that grew upon the earth. ²⁶ And Lot's wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a pillar of salt. ²⁷ Abraham rose up early and got him to the place where he stood before the LORD, ²⁸ and looked toward Sodom and Gomorra and toward all the land of that country. And as he looked: behold, the smoke of the country arose as it had been the smoke of a furnace. ²⁹ But yet when God destroyed the cities of the region, he thought upon Abraham: and sent Lot out from the danger of the overthrowing, when he overthrew the cities where Lot dwelled. ³⁰ And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountains and his two daughters with him for he feared to tarry in Zoar: he dwelt therefore in a cave, both he and his two daughters also. ³¹ Then said the elder unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there are no more men in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the world. ³² Come therefore, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him that we may save seed of our father." ³³ And they gave their father wine to drink that same night. And the elder daughter went and lay with her father. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up. ³⁴ And on the morrow the elder said unto the younger, "Behold, yesternight lay I with my father. Let us give him wine to drink this night also, and go thou and lie with him, and let us save seed of our father." ³⁵ And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up. ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. ³⁷ And the elder bare a son and called him Moab, which is the father of the Moabites unto this day. ³⁸ And the younger bare a son and called him Benammi, which is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

²² "'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, for that is abomination.

¹⁹ The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, lawing, zeal, wrath, strife, sedition, sects, ²¹ envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

⁵ Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:

⁷ even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them — which in like manner defiled themselves, with fornication, and followed strange flesh — are set forth for an example, and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

⁸ But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

¹³ If a man lie with the mankind after the manner as with womankind, they have both committed an abomination and shall die for it. Their blood be upon their heads.

²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural. ²⁷ And likewise also the men left the natural use of the woman, and burnt in their lusts, one on another, among themselves. And man with man wrought filthiness: and received in themselves the reward of their error, as it was according.

⁹ Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. For neither fornicators, neither worshippers of images, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with mankind, ¹⁰ neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.