[Dr. Eckleburg]

It is amusing how this verse is cited as sayiong something against the veneration of saints, when the entire passage calls for intercessory prayer:

And to whom are we to make our prayers and thanksgivings?

To "the one Mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

[annalex]

And to whom are we to make our prayers and thanksgivings? To "the one Mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

Exactly. You just defined veneration of saints in relation to the mediatorship of Christ.