Verse 5

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

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing 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, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
  • Jer 2:28 : 28 But where [are] thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for [according to] the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
  • Jer 11:13 : 13 For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal.
  • Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
  • John 10:34-35 : 34 Jesus answered them, ‹Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?› 35 ‹If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;›
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 ¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.