New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Corinthians 8:4-8
4ThereforeG3767, concerningG4012 the eatingG1035 of 1foodG1494 sacrificedG1494 toG1494 idolsG1494, we knowG3609 that an 2idolG1497 is 3nothingG3762 atG3762 allG3762 in the worldG2889, and that 4there is noG3762 GodG2316 but oneG1520. 5For evenG2532 ifG1512 5there are so-calledG3004 godsG2316 whetherG1535 in heavenG3772 orG1535 on earthG1093, as indeedG5618 there are manyG4183 godsG2316 and manyG4183 lordsG2962, 6yetG235 for us 6there is only oneG1520 GodG2316, 7the FatherG3962, 8from whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956, and we exist for Him; and 9oneG1520 LordG2962, JesusG2424 ChristG5547, 10by whomG3739 are allG3956 thingsG3956, and we exist throughG1223 Him.
7HoweverG235, not allG3956 peopleG3956 11have thisG3588 knowledgeG1108; but 12someG5100, being accustomedG4914 to the idolG1497 untilG2193 nowG737, eatG2068 food as ifG5613 it were sacrificedG1494 toG1494 anG1494 idolG1494; and their conscienceG4893, beingG1510 weakG772, is defiledG3435. 8NowG1161 13foodG1033 will not bringG3936 us 14closeG3936 to GodG2316; we areG5302 neitherG3777 15the worseG5302 ifG1437 we do not eatG2068, norG3777 16the betterG4052 ifG1437 we do eatG2068.
Notes
- 1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 15:20; 1 Cor 8:1, 7, 10 ↩
- 2. 1 Corinthians 8:4 Acts 14:15; 1 Cor 10:19; Gal 4:8 ↩
- 3. 1 Corinthians 8:4 I.e., what it represents does not exist ↩
- 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 before God ↩
- 15. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit lacking ↩
- 16. 1 Corinthians 8:8 Lit abounding ↩
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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