1 Corinthians 8:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³But whoever loves God is known by God.

⁴So then, here is what I say about eating food sacrificed to statues of gods. We know that “a god made by human hands is really nothing at all in the world.” We know that “there is only one God.” ⁵There may be so-called gods either in heaven or on earth. In fact, there are many “gods” and many “lords.”

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1 Corinthians 8:3-5

New International Version

³But whoever loves God is known by God.^[a]^(A)

⁴So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:^(B) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”^(C) and that “There is no God but one.”^(D) ⁵For even if there are so-called gods,^(E) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. ³But whoever loves truly knows.

1 Corinthians 8:3-5

King James Version

³But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

⁴As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

⁵For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

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1 Corinthians 8:3-5

English Standard Version

³But if anyone loves God, ^(A)he is known by God.^[a]

⁴Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that ^(B)“an idol has no real existence,” and that ^(C)“there is no God but one.” ⁵For although there may be ^(D)so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

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