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Now about eating food that was offered to false gods: We know that the false gods in this world don’t really exist and that no god exists except the one God. People may say that there are gods in heaven and on earth—many gods and many lords, as they would call them. But for us,

“There is only one God, the Father.
    Everything came from him, and we live for him.
    There is only one Lord, Yeshua Christ.
    Everything came into being through him,
        and we live because of him.”

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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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