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Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”; yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

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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