1 Corinthians 8:5
For and if indeed there are [those] called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)
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Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Jeremiah 11:13For [as] the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah; and [as] the number of the streets of Jerusalem, have ye set up altars to the Shame, altars to burn incense unto Baal.
John 10:34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:5-7
On Eating Things Offered to Idols. ( a. d. 57.) 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. In this passage he… Read the whole commentary →