1 Corinthians 8:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

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  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.
  • Jer 11:13 : 13 For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.
  • Dan 5:4 : 4 They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
  • John 10:34-35 : 34 In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods? 35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

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  • 1 Cor 8:6-7
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    6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

    7 Still, all men have not that knowledge: but some, being used till now to the image, are conscious that they are taking food which has been offered to the image; and because they are not strong in the faith, their minds are troubled.

  • 1 Cor 8:3-4
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    3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

    4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

  • Ps 96:5
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    5 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

  • Eph 4:4-6
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    4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

    5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

    6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

  • 1 Chr 16:25-26
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    25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.

    26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

  • John 10:34-35
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    34 In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?

    35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

  • Gal 4:8
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    8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

  • Acts 17:24-25
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    24 The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;

    25 And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

  • 1 Cor 12:5-6
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    5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

    6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

  • Ps 82:6
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    6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

  • Ps 135:5
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    5 I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods.

  • Acts 17:28-29
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    28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

    29 If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

  • 1 Tim 2:5
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    5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

  • Ps 95:3
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    3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:60
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    60 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

  • 1 Cor 12:12
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    12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 1 Cor 10:19
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    19 Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

  • Jer 16:20
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    20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

  • 1 Cor 10:17
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    17 Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.

  • Jer 10:11
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    11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

  • Deut 5:7
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    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • 2 Cor 6:16
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    16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

  • 1 John 5:7
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    7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

  • Deut 10:17
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    17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

  • Ps 97:7
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    7 Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14 For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

  • Exod 20:3
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    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • 1 Cor 1:9
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    9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Ps 97:9
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    9 For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods.

  • 1 Cor 3:16
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    16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

  • 1 Cor 12:20
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    20 But now they are all different parts, but one body.

  • Ps 86:8
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    8 There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.

  • Ps 82:1
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    1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

  • 1 Cor 12:2-3
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    2 You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.

    3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

  • 1 Tim 6:15
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    15 Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;