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Therefore, concerning the eating of (A)things sacrificed to idols, we know that [a]an idol is (B)nothing in the world, and that (C)there is no God but one. For even if (D)there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us (E)there is one God, (F)the Father, (G)from whom are all things and we exist for Him, and (H)one Lord, Jesus Christ, (I)by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 An idol has no real existence

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