1 Corinthians 8:4

Translations

Modern

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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

Latin

De escis autem quæ idolis immolantur, scimus quia nihil est idolum in mundo, et quod nullus est Deus, nisi unus.

Original

Greek

English

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Notes

1 Corinthians 8:4–6

In reality, the idols to which such meat is sacrificed are not gods, because there is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; see also Deuteronomy 4:35, 39; 10:19–20). He is the Creator of everything, including the meat being sacrificed for the idols. The only ultimate reality is God, the Father, and the one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created (see also John 1:3; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2).

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