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Idolatry
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whence Eng., "idolatry," (from eidolon, and latreia, "service"), is found in 1 Corinthians 10:14; Galatians 5:20; Colossians 3:5; and, in the plural, in 1 Peter 4:3 .
Heathen sacrifices were sacrificed to demons, 1 Corinthians 10:19; there was a dire reality in the cup and table of demons and in the involved communion with demons. In Romans 1:22-25 , "idolatry," the sin of the mind against God (Ephesians 2:3 ), and immorality, sins of the flesh, are associated, and are traced to lack of the acknowledgment of God and of gratitude to Him. An "idolater" is a slave to the depraved ideas his idols represent, Galatians 4:8,9; and thereby, to divers lusts, Titus 3:3 (see Notes on Thess. by Hogg and Vine, p. 44).Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Idolatry'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/idolatry.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Idolatry'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/idolatry.html. 1940.