1 Corinthians 8:5

And though ther be that are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many)

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

In Context

4To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one.

6yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him.

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Cross References

John 10:34Iesus answered them: Is it not written in youre lawe: I saye ye are goddes?

2 Thessalonians 2:4which is an adversarie and is exalted above all that is called god or that is worshipped: so that he shall sitt as God in temple of god and shew him silfe as 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 →

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