Acts 19:25-27

Expanded Bible

²⁵ ·Demetrius [^LHe] had a meeting with them and ·some others [^Lworkers] who did ·the same kind of work [or similar trades]. He told them, “Men, you know that ·we make a lot of money [our wealth/livelihood comes] from this business. ²⁶ But ·look at [^Lyou have seen and heard] what this man Paul is doing. He has ·convinced [persuaded] and ·turned away [or led astray] many people, not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of [^Cthe province of] Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not ·real [^Lgods (at all); Is. 44:9–20; 46:1–7; 1 Cor. 8:4–6]. ²⁷ There is a danger that our business will ·lose its good name [be discredited], but there is also another danger: People will begin to think that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is not important, and the goddess herself, whom everyone in [^Cthe province of] Asia and the whole world worships, will ·lose [be deposed of/stripped of] her majesty [magnificence; greatness].