Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that (A)“an idol has no real existence,” and that (B)“there is no God but one.” For although there may be (C)so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet (D)for us there is one God, the Father, (E)from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and (F)one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and (G)through whom we exist.

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So concerning the actual food involved in these sacrifices to false gods, we know that a false god isn’t anything in this world, and that there is no God except for the one God. Granted, there are so-called “gods,” in heaven and on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords. However, for us believers,

There is one God the Father.
        All things come from him, and we belong to him.
And there is one Lord Jesus Christ.
        All things exist through him, and we live through 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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