New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 8:4-8

4Therefore concerning the eating of 1things sacrificed to idols, we know that 2there is 3no such thing as an idol in the world, and that 4there is no God but one. 5For even if 5there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, 6yet for us 6there is but one God, 7the Father, 8from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and 9one Lord, Jesus Christ, 10by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

7However not all men 11have this knowledge; but 12some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8But 13food will not 14commend us to God; we are neither 15the worse if we do not eat, nor 16the better if we do eat.

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Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 7, 10 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Lit nothing is an idol in the world; i.e. an idol has no real existence ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 10:19; Gal 4:8 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 8:5 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; Is 46:9; Jer 10:6, 7; 1 Cor 8:4 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Mal 2:10; Eph 4:6 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 13:13; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 4:5; 1 Tim 2:5 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 1:3; Col 1:16 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 8:7 1 Cor 8:4ff ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 8:7 Rom 14:14, 22f ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Rom 14:17 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Or present ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding ↩

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