1 Corinthians 8:4

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So this is what I say about eating meat: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know that there is only one God.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:39

“So today you must remember and accept that the Lord is God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other god!

Isaiah 41:24

“Look, you false gods are worthless. You cannot do anything. Only some horrible fool would want to worship you.”

1 Timothy 2:5

There is only one God, and there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who as a man

Ephesians 4:6

There is one God and Father of us all, who rules over everyone. He works through all of us and in all of us.

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Listen, people of Israel! The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God.

Mark 12:29

Jesus answered, “The most important command is this: ‘People of Israel, listen! The Lord our God is the only Lord.

Isaiah 44:24

The one who rescued you is the Lord, the one who formed you in your mother’s womb. He says, “I, the Lord, made everything. I put the skies there myself. I spread out the earth before me.”

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord is the king of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful is the one who will set Israel free. And he says, “I am the only God. There are no other gods. I am the Beginning and the End.

Jude 1:25

He is the only God, the one who saves us. To him be glory, greatness, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord for all time past, now, and forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:10

You understand that it’s all right to eat anything, so you can eat even in an idol’s temple. But someone who has doubts might see you eating there, and this might encourage them to eat meat sacrificed to idols too. But they really think it is wrong.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols. It is certainly true that “we all have knowledge,” as you say. But this knowledge only fills people with pride. It is love that helps the church grow stronger.

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing. Listen to what he is saying. He has convinced many people in Ephesus and all over Asia to change their religion. He says the gods that people make by hand are not real.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing this? We are not gods. We are human just like you. We came to tell you the Good News. We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God, the one who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid! Metalworkers are fooled by the idols that they themselves made. These statues are nothing but lies. They are stupid.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only true God. He is the only God who is alive. He is the King who rules forever. The earth shakes when he is angry. The people of the nations cannot stop his anger.

Isaiah 45:14

The Lord says, “Egypt and Ethiopia are rich, but, Israel, you will get those riches. The tall people from Seba will be yours. They will walk behind you with chains around their necks. They will bow down before you and ask you to pray for them and say, ‘The true God really is with you, and there is no other God.’”

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord, the only God. There is no other God except me. I put your clothes on you, but still you don’t know me.

Isaiah 37:20

But you are the Lord our God, so please save us from the king of Assyria. Then all the other nations will know that you are the Lord, the only God.”

Isaiah 37:16

“Lord All-Powerful, God of Israel, you sit as King above the Cherub angels. You alone are the God who rules all the kingdoms on earth. You made heaven and earth.

Deuteronomy 32:39

“‘Now, see that I, and only I, am God! There is no other God! I put people to death, and I let people live. I can hurt people, and I can make them well. No one can save another person from my power!

Deuteronomy 4:35

The Lord showed you all this so that you would know that he is God. There is no other god like him.

Deuteronomy 3:24

‘Lord GOD, I am your servant. I know that you have shown me only a small part of the wonderful and powerful things you will do. There is no god in heaven or earth that can do the great and powerful things you have done.

1 Timothy 1:17

Honor and glory to the King who rules forever. He cannot be destroyed and cannot be seen. Honor and glory forever and ever to the only God. Amen.

Psalm 86:10

You are great and do amazing things. You and you alone are God.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should send a letter telling them only the things they should not do: Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. This makes the food unclean. Don’t be involved in sexual sin. Don’t eat meat from animals that have been strangled or any meat that still has the blood in it.

1 Corinthians 8:11

So this weak brother or sister—someone Christ died for—is lost because of your better understanding.

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.