1 Corinthians 8:5

For though there be some that are called Gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are among the heathen gods many,

1770 John Worsley NT

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 the eating therefore of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

6and lords many,) yet to us there is but one God the Father, from whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.

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Cross References

John 10:34Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I have said, ye are gods?"

2 Thessalonians 2:4the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or the object of worship; so that he sits as God 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 →

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