1 Corinthians 8:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

For though there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

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  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are your gods that you have made? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
  • Jer 11:13 : 13 For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.
  • Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.
  • John 10:34-35 : 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken,
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

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    6Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through Him we live.

    7However, not everyone has this knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.

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    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

    4Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

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    5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

  • Eph 4:4-6
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    4There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling;

    5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

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    25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

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  • John 10:34-35
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    34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods?

    35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken,

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    8However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

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    24God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

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    5And there are different administrations, but the same Lord.

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    4For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function:

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    28For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said, For we are His offspring.

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    5For there is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus;

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    9For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

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    3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

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    12For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

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    23And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

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    19What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

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    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

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    17For although we are many, we are one bread and one body: for we all partake of that one bread.

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    7You shall have no other gods before me.

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    17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe:

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    7Confounded be all who serve carved images, who boast of idols: worship him, all you gods.

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    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

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    20But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.

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    8Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord, nor are there any works like Your works.

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    2You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these mute idols, even as you were led.

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    15Which in His own time He will show, who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords;