14:27: For the worship of idols not to be named
is the beginning and cause and end of every evil.
28: For their worshipers either rave in exultation,
or prophesy lies,
or live unrighteously, or readily commit perjury;
29: for because they trust in lifeless idols
they swear wicked oaths and expect to suffer no harm.
30: But just penalties will overtake them on two counts:
because they thought wickedly of God in devoting
themselves to idols,
and because in deceit they swore unrighteously
through contempt for holiness.
31: For it is not the power of the things by which men swear,
but the just penalty for those who sin,
that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.
15:1: But thou, our God, art kind and true,
patient, and ruling all things in mercy.
2: For even if we sin we are thine, knowing thy power;
but we will not sin, because we know that we
are accounted thine.
3: For to know thee is complete righteousness,
and to know thy power is the root of immortality.
Web Author: Charles Wohlers
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