People then commit
literal idolatry; 3.
So Paul is discussing a group of people who refused to acknowledge Him, suppressed the truth about Him, and then commit
literal idolatry and worship handmade statues and images instead.
So... Back to the passage... These people denied God, committed
literal Idolatry, and God punished them with...?
Not exact matches
Today,
idolatry in this
literal sense is not our major problem.
Indeed, there is hardly any public person in America today who has more exemplified the «earthly nature» («flesh» in the King James and the
literal Greek) that Paul urges the Colossians to shed: «sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is
idolatry» (3:5).
But a completely clear or
literal representation of ultimate reality would trivialize mystery to the point of
idolatry.