New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 8:3-6

3but ifG1487 anyoneG5100 lovesG25 GodG2316, he 1is knownG1097 by Him.

4ThereforeG3767 concerningG4012 the eatingG1035 of 2thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that 3there is 4noG3762 such thingG3762 as an idolG1497 in the worldG2889, and that 5there is noG3762 GodG2316 but oneG1520. 5For evenG2532 ifG1512 6there are so-calledG3004 godsG2316 whetherG1535 in heavenG3772 orG1535 on earthG1093, as indeedG5618 there are manyG4183 godsG2316 and manyG4183 lordsG2962, 6yetG235 for us 7there is but oneG1520 GodG2316, 8the FatherG3962, 9from whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956 and we exist for Him; and 10oneG1520 LordG2962, JesusG2424 ChristG5547, 11by whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956, and we exist throughG1223 Him.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 8:3 Ps 1:6; Jer 1:5; Amos 3:2; Rom 8:29; 11:2; Gal 4:9 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 7, 10 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Lit nothing is an idol in the world; i.e. an idol has no real existence ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 10:19; Gal 4:8 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; 1 Cor 8:6 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 8:5 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Deut 4:35, 39; 6:4; Is 46:9; Jer 10:6, 7; 1 Cor 8:4 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Mal 2:10; Eph 4:6 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 8:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 13:13; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 4:5; 1 Tim 2:5 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 8:6 John 1:3; Col 1:16 ↩