You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

“Those who regard vain idols
Forsake their faithfulness,

Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?

They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Behold, you are of no account,
And your work amounts to nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

Is there iniquity in Gilead?
Surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps
Beside the furrows of the field.

“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.