The only other Pauline occurrence of the term speaks of former
idolators who were «hitherto accustomed to idols» (8:7).
Not exact matches
the same goes for adulterers, fornicators, any other sexual sins, murderers, liars, thieves,
idolators, people
who worship «a different God», etc. — people know what their sins are.
And they do not know any creed and are not
idolators; only they all believe that power and good are in the heavens... not... because they are ignorant; on the contrary, they are of a very acute intelligence and are men
who navigate all these seas.7
But you shall go down to your High Priest and shall pray him on our behalf to send me a hundred men skilled in your religion
who before these
idolators may be able to reprove what they do and may say to them that they know and can do such things but will not, because they are done by diabolical art and through evil spirits, and may so restrain them that they may not have power to do such things in their presence.
And the same should go for anyone
who says they are saved if they are sinning and letting everyone know it, which includes all sexual immorality, including having sex before a couple is married, drunkards, slanderers, gossips, thieves, swindlers,
idolators, adulterers, and men
who have sex with other men, etc... So ultimately, many Jesus followers accept certain sin of all types because they care more about what the world thinks, than what God thinks.