1 Corinthians 8:4

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 86:10

You are great and you do miracles. Only you are God.

Isaiah 37:16

“Lord All-Powerful, you are the God of Israel, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings, only you are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 37:20

Now, Lord our God, save us from the king’s power so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

Isaiah 41:24

You gods are less than nothing; you can’t do anything. Those who worship you should be hated.

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord says, who saved you, who formed you in your mother’s body: “I, the Lord, made everything, stretching out the skies by myself and spreading out the earth all alone.

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord, the king of Israel, is the Lord All-Powerful, who saves Israel. This is what he says: “I am the beginning and the end. I am the only God.

Isaiah 45:14

The Lord says, “The goods made in Egypt and Cush and the tall people of Seba will come to you and will become yours. The Sabeans will walk behind you, coming along in chains. They will bow down before you and pray to you, saying, ‘God is with you, and there is no other God.’ ”

Isaiah 45:5

I am the Lord. There is no other God; I am the only God. I will make you strong, even though you don’t know me,

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the only true God. He is the only living God, the King forever. The earth shakes when he is angry, and the nations cannot stand up to his anger.

Jeremiah 10:14

People are so stupid and know so little. Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols, because those statues are only false gods. They have no breath in them.

Mark 12:29

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

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing these things? We are only human beings like you. We are bringing you the Good News and are telling you to turn away from these worthless things and turn to the living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing. He has convinced and turned away many people in Ephesus and in almost all of Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not real.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now I will write about meat that is sacrificed to idols. We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs you up with pride, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:10

Suppose one of you who has knowledge eats in an idol’s temple. Someone who is weak in faith might see you eating there and be encouraged to eat meat sacrificed to idols while thinking it is wrong to do so.

1 Corinthians 8:11

This weak believer for whom Christ died is ruined because of your “knowledge.”

Galatians 4:8

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

Ephesians 4:6

There is one God and Father of everything. He rules everything and is everywhere and is in everything.

Deuteronomy 3:24

“Lord God, you have begun to show me, your servant, how great you are. You have great strength, and no other god in heaven or on earth can do the powerful things you do. There is no other god like you.

Deuteronomy 32:39

“Now you will see that I am the one God! There is no god but me. I send life and death; I can hurt, and I can heal. No one can escape from me.

Deuteronomy 4:35

He showed you things so you would know that the Lord is God, and there is no other God besides him.

Deuteronomy 4:39

Know and believe today that the Lord is God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other god!

Deuteronomy 6:4

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

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King that rules forever, who will never die, who cannot be seen, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 2:5

There is one God and one mediator so that human beings can reach God. That way is through Christ Jesus, who is himself human.

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.