1 Corinthians 8:5
For 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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Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation exchanged gods, even though they were not gods? 1 But my people have exchanged their glory for what cannot help them. + 2:11 Instead of their glory , some ancient copies have my glory . 1
Jeremiah 11:13For you Judah, the number of your gods has increased to equal the number of your cities. You have made the number of shameful altars in Jerusalem, incense altars for Baal, equal to the number of her streets.
John 10:34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, 'I said, “You are gods”'?
2 Thessalonians 2:4This is he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped. As a result, he sits in the temple of God and exhibits himself 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 →