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Therefore concerning the eating of the foods-sacrificed-to-idols— we know that an idol is nothing[a] in the world, and that there is no God except one. For even if-indeed there are ones being called gods, whether in heaven or on earth— as-indeed there are many[b] gods and many lords— yet for us there is One God the Father, from Whom are all things, and we are[c] for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom are all things, and we are through Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Or, that there is no idol (no genuine representation of any god).
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:5 Paul later calls them demons, 10:20.
  3. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Or, exist.

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C) For even if there are so-called gods,(D) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God,(E) the Father,(F) from whom all things came(G) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(H) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(I) and through whom we live.

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