⁵ For even if there are so-called gods,^(A) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), ⁶ yet for us there is but one God,^(B) the Father,^(C) from whom all things came^(D) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,^(E) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came^(F) and through whom we live.

⁷ But not everyone possesses this knowledge.^(G) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,^(H) it is defiled.