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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Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God. For even if there are “gods” in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called “gods” and “lords”), yet for us

there is only one God, the Father,
    from whom everything came into being
        and for whom we live.
And there is only one Lord, Jesus the Messiah,[a]
    through whom everything came into being
        and through whom we live.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Or Christ