[Mrs. Don-o]

The next line following the verse you quoted, says that their offense was "worshiping" the creature rather than the Creator.

That would be giving glory to a false god, which, as I said before, God will never approve.

That doesn't at all contradict God's freedom in glorifying His saints, which is one of the frequently-repeated themes of Paul's Epistles.

You have to distinguish between honoring/venerating (dulia) and worshiping/adoring (latria). As you said, there's glory and then there's GLORY.

:o)

[Elsie]

The next line following the verse you quoted, says that their offense was "worshiping" the creature rather than the Creator.

Well...

...are not 'saints' CREATURES?