1 Corinthians 8:4

4 So then, 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.”

1 Corinthians 8:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 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.
ESV
4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one."
NLT
4 So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.
MSG
4 Some people say, quite rightly, that idols have no actual existence, that there's nothing to them, that there is no God other than our one God,
CSB
4 About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that "an idol is nothing in the world," and that "there is no God but one."

1 Corinthians 8:4 In-Context

2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.
3 But whoever loves God is known by God.
4 So then, 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.”
5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 1,7,10; Exodus 34:15
  • 2. Acts 14:15; 1 Corinthians 10:19; Galatians 4:8
  • 3. ver 6; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalms 86:10; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:5
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