qSee Gen. 4:5-8
rSee 2 Pet. 2:15
Matthew 23:14
Acts 8:18-20
18Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20But Peter said to him, a“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God bwith money!Acts 19:24-28
24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, cbrought no little business to the craftsmen. 25 dThese he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, esaying that fgods made with hands are not gods. 27And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the ggreat goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”28When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, h“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Titus 1:11
11They must be silenced, since ithey are upsetting whole families by teaching jfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach.2 Peter 2:3
3And kin their greed they will exploit you lwith false words. mTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.2 Peter 2:15
15Forsaking the right way, nthey have gone astray. They have followed othe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved pgain from wrongdoing,Jude 11
11Woe to them! For they walked in qthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain rto Balaam’s error and sperished in Korah’s rebellion.
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