1 Corinthians 8:4

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Summary

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.

We know

There is

General references

Bible References

We know

What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

Behold, you are of no account,
And your work amounts to nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

‘Do not tremble and do not be afraid;

Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?

And you are My witnesses.
Is there any God besides Me,
Or is there any other Rock?
I know of none.’”

Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.

“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of

Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that

gods made with hands are no gods at all.

There is

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?

Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the Lord, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

‘See now that I, I am He,

And there is no god besides Me;

It is I who put to death and give life.

I have wounded and it is I who heal,

And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

“O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.

“I am the Lord, and there is no other;

Besides Me there is no God.

I will

gird you, though you have not known Me;

But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

General references

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

“Woe to you, O Moab!
You are ruined, O people of Chemosh!

He has given his sons as fugitives,

And his daughters into captivity,

To an Amorite king, Sihon.

Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?

You believe that

God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.