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For even if-indeed there are ones being called gods, whether in heaven or on earth— as-indeed there are many[a] gods and many lords— yet for us there is One God the Father, from Whom are all things, and we are[b] for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom are all things, and we are through Him. But this knowledge is not in all people. But some, by the accustomed-habit[c] of the idol until now, eat this food as[d] food-sacrificed-to-an-idol. And their conscience, being weak, is stained[e].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:5 Paul later calls them demons, 10:20.
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Or, exist.
  3. 1 Corinthians 8:7 Or, habitual-use.
  4. 1 Corinthians 8:7 That is, as if the sacrifice, the eating, and the food still carry their old meanings.
  5. 1 Corinthians 8:7 Or, soiled, dirtied.

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