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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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