Make sure you don’t commit a horrible sin. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of a god. Don’t make a god that looks like a man or woman or anything else.

惟恐你们败坏自己，雕刻偶像，仿佛什么男像女像，

惟恐你们的行为败坏，为自己雕刻任何形状的偶像，无论是男像或女像，

惟恐你们的行为败坏，为自己雕刻任何形状的偶像，无论是男像或女像，

所以不可堕落，去为自己制造任何形状的神像——男人、女人、

恐怕你们败坏自己，为自己制造偶像，制造任何神像的形象，无论是男像或是女像，

惟恐你們敗壞自己，雕刻偶像，彷彿甚麼男像女像，

惟恐你們的行為敗壞，為自己雕刻任何形狀的偶像，無論是男像或女像，

惟恐你們的行為敗壞，為自己雕刻任何形狀的偶像，無論是男像或女像，

所以不可墮落，去為自己製造任何形狀的神像——男人、女人、

恐怕你們敗壞自己，為自己製造偶像，製造任何神像的形象，無論是男像或是女像，

那是恐怕你們敗壞自己，為自己造雕像、造任何雕塑物的形像、男的或女的模形、

恐爾自敗、雕偶以仿諸像、或男或女、

恐壞爾心術、雕刻偶像、或似男女、作像像之、

恐爾自敗、為己作偶像、仿諸形像、或男像、或女像、

so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,

beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form— whether of a man or a woman,

so you don’t act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,

so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or female,

lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,

lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

not to act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves in the shape of any figure: a male or female form,

Lest ye corrupt[ yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

“ Yes, we are God’s children. So we shouldn’t think that God is made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn’t a statue planned and made by clever people.

“ Do not make for yourself statues of gods that look like anything in the sky. They may not look like anything on the earth or in the waters either.Do not bow down to them or worship them. I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children. I will cause the sins of those who hate me to affect even their grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

“ Do not make statues of gods that look like anything in the sky or on the earth or in the waters.

Be careful. Don’t forget the covenant the Lord your God made with you. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of any god at all. He has told you not to. So don’t do it.

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Go down. Your people you brought up out of Egypt have become very sinful.

I’m giving you the laws of the Lord today. What other nation is great enough to have rules and laws as fair as these?Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them.

So who will you compare God with? Is there any other god like him?

They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They made one another’s bodies impure by what they did.

God is spirit. His worshipers must worship him in the Spirit and in truth.”

Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, from Berea went with him. Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy went too. Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia Minor also went with him.These men went on ahead. They waited for us at Troas.

So don’t make a statue of a god. Don’t commit that horrible sin. Don’t do it even after you have had children and grandchildren. Don’t do it even after you have lived in the land a long time. If you do, that will be an evil thing in the sight of the Lord your God. You will make him angry.

At Mount Horeb they made a metal statue of a bull calf. They worshiped that statue of a god.They traded their glorious God for a statue of a bull that eats grass.

The eternal King will never die. He can’t be seen. He is the only God. Give him honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.