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For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by your hand left to the world the seed of a new generation.
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For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes.
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But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is the one who made it— he for having made it, and the perishable thing because it was named a god.
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For equally hateful to God are the ungodly and their ungodliness;
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for what was done will be punished together with the one who did it.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.