Acts 17:18; Acts 19:26; 1 Corinthians 8:5; Galatians 4:18 (New International Version)

18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

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26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

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5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),

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18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.

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