1 Corinthians 8:5

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If after all there are so-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 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.
  • Jer 11:13 : 13 This is in spite of the fact that the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!’
  • Dan 5:4 : 4 As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
  • John 10:34-35 : 34 Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

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

    7But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

  • 1 Cor 8:3-4
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    3But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

    4With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”

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    5For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the sky.

  • Eph 4:4-6
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    4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the 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 all.

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    25For the LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

    26For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the LORD made the heavens.

  • John 10:34-35
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    34Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’?

    35If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),

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    8Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.

  • Acts 17:24-25
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    24The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

    25nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

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

    6And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

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

    5so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

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    6I thought,‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

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    5Yes, I know the LORD is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.

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    28For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’

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    5For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,

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    9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us 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, a great king who is superior to all gods.

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    5What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

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    60Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the LORD is the only genuine God.

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    12Different Members in One Body For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.

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    23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

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    19Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything?

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    20Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

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    17Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

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    11You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’

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    7You must not have any other gods besides me.

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    16And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

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    7For there are three that testify,

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    17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,

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    7All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

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    14For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

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    3“You shall have no other gods before me.

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    9God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    20So now there are many members, but one body.

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    15– whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.