1 Corinthians 8:5

For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

4As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.

6yet *we* have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.

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Cross References

John 10:34"Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "`I said, you are gods'?

2 Thessalonians 2:4and exalts himself above, every so-called `god' or object of worship, and goes the length of taking his seat in the very temple of God, giving it out that he himself 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 →

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