About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,”[a] and that “there is no God but one.”(A) For even if there are so-called gods,(B) whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father.(C) All things are from him,(D) and we exist for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through him, and we exist through him.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Or an idol has no real existence

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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