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And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared.
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Afterward it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but they live in great strife due to ignorance, and they call such great evils peace.
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For whether they kill children in their initiations, or celebrate secret mysteries, or hold frenzied revels with strange customs,
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they no longer keep either their lives or their marriages pure, but they either treacherously kill one another, or grieve one another by adultery,
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and all is a raging riot of blood and murder, theft and deceit, corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.