What Is blasphemy?

Blasphemy means evil speaking and is typically thought to be against Almighty God (Romans 2:24; 1 Timothy 6:1; Revelation 13:6; 16:9, 11, 21). However, blasphemy, railing, defaming or speaking evil is sometimes directed toward people, like Moses (Acts 6:11), Christians (1 Peter 4:4; 1 Corinthians 4:13), men in general (Titus 3:2) and dignitaries (Jude 8), against objects, like the Temple or the Law (Acts 6:11, 13), against pagan temples and idols (Acts 19:37), good deeds (Romans 14:16) and even Satan himself (Jude 9). Blasphemy is evil speaking, but the context with respect to a given application will further define it.

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