18 And they have consigned their gods to the fire, because they were no gods,*+ but the workmanship of man’s hands,+ wood and stone; so that they destroyed them.

5 They are like a scarecrow of a cucumber field, and cannot speak.+ Without fail they are carried, for they cannot take any steps.+ Do not be afraid because of them, for they can do nothing calamitous and, what is more, the doing of any good is not with them.”+

20 Can earthling man make for himself gods when they are no gods?+

4 Now concerning the eating+ of foods offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing+ in the world,* and that there is no God but one.+