1 Corinthians 8:4

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So then, here’s what I say about eating food sacrificed to idols. We know that “an idol really is nothing at all in the world.” We know that “there is only one God.”

Cross References

1 Timothy 2:5

There’s only one God, and there’s only one mediator between God and human beings. That’s the man Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 4:6

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

Mark 12:29

Jesus answered, “The most important one is, ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord is our God and the Lord is one.

Jude 1:25

So may the only God, our Savior, receive glory, majesty, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord—before all time, now, and forever! Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:10

Suppose that you, with all of your knowledge, are eating in a temple of one of those gods. And suppose someone whose conscience is weak sees you. Won’t that person think it’s okay to eat food sacrificed to honor “gods” and be encouraged to do so?

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now I’d like to talk about food that has been sacrificed to statues of gods. We know that “We all have knowledge.” But knowledge makes people proud, while love builds them up.

Acts 19:26

But you’ve seen and heard what this man Paul is doing. Here in Ephesus and almost everywhere in the province of Asia he has led large numbers of people away from our gods. He says that gods made by human hands aren’t gods at all.

Acts 14:15

“Friends, why are you doing this? We’re only human, just like you. We’re bringing you good news, telling you to turn away from these worthless things to the living God. He’s the one who made the heavens, the earth, and the sea and everything in them.

1 Timothy 1:17

May the eternal King, who will never die, who can’t be seen, and who is the only God, receive honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write to them and tell them that they must not eat food that has been offered to statues of gods. They must not be sexually immoral, they must not eat meat that still has blood in it, and they must not drink blood.

1 Corinthians 8:11

If that happens, then your knowledge will destroy that weaker brother or sister Christ died for.

Galatians 4:8

At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that aren’t really gods at all.