1 Corinthians 8:4

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in this world is nothing and that there is no God but one.

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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.

In Context

3But if anyone loves God, that person is known by him.

5For maybe so-called gods do exist, either in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:24'O Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do the same works as you have done, and the same mighty acts?

Deuteronomy 4:39Know therefore today, and lay it on your heart, that Yahweh is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no one else.

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am God, 1 and that there is no god besides me; 1 I kill, and I make alive; 1 I wound, and I heal, 1 and there is no one who can save you from my might. 1

Isaiah 37:16“Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, you who sit above the cherubim, you are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 41:24See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable. 1

Isaiah 44:8Do not fear or be afraid. Have I not declared to you long ago, and announced it? 1 You are my witnesses: Is there any God besides me? There is no other Rock; I know of none.” 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:2-4

On Things Offered to Idols. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. The apostle comes here to the case of things that had been offered to idols, concerning which some of them sought satisfaction: a case that frequently occurred in that age of Christianity, when the church… Read the whole commentary →

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