1 Corinthians 8:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

Don't panic! Don't be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.

There is

yet 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.

"O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below -- there is no other!

Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.

"O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

This is what the Lord, Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.

Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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

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

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

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

General references

"You shall have no other gods before me.

Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.

Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that -- and tremble with fear.