1 Corinthians 8:4

The Passion Translation

Concerning food sacrificed as offerings to idols, we all know that an idol is nothing, for there is no God but one.

Cross References

Psalm 86:10

You are the one and only God. What miracles! What wonders! What greatness belongs to you!

Isaiah 37:16

“O  Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, the God of Israel, you are enthroned between the wings of the cherubim and you reign supreme as God over all the kingdoms of the world, for you alone are Creator of heaven and earth.

Isaiah 37:20

So now, our loving God, Yahweh, save us from the Assyrians so that the whole world will know that you alone are Yahweh, Lord God Almighty.”

Isaiah 41:24

But you are nothing at all! What have you ever accomplished? Whoever chooses to worship you is disgusting!

Isaiah 44:24

Here is what Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer, who formed you in his womb, has to say: “I am Yahweh, Creator of all. I alone stretched out the canvas of the cosmos. I who shaped the earth needed no one’s help.

Isaiah 44:6

The words of Yahweh, Israel’s true King and Kinsman-Redeemer, Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, says: “I am the Beginning and I am the Ending, and I am the only God there is.

Isaiah 45:14

This is what Yahweh says to Cyrus: “Egypt’s wealth, Cush’s treasures, and the tall Sabeans will all be handed over to you. In chains they will walk behind you. They will be brought before you and they will bow down and address you reverently, saying, ‘Truly God is with you. He alone is God, and there is no other.’ ”

Isaiah 45:5

I am Yahweh, the only God there is, and you’ll never find another. I will strengthen you for victory, even though you do not intimately know who I am.

Jeremiah 10:10

Only Yahweh is the true and living God, the King of all ages! At his fury the earth trembles, and nations crumble before his wrath.

Jeremiah 10:14

Everyone is ignorant, knowing nothing. Every craftsman is shamed by the idols they make since their idols are nothing but lifeless lies.

Mark 12:29

Jesus answered him, “The most important of all the commandments is this: ‘The Lord Yahweh, our God, is one!’

Acts 14:15

“People, what are you doing? We’re only weak human beings like everyone else. This is why we’ve come to tell you the good news, so that you would turn away from these worthless myths and turn to the living God. He is the Creator of all things: the earth, the heavens, the sea, and everything they contain.

Acts 15:20

We will go to them as apostles and teach them to be set free from offering sacrifices to idols, sexual immorality, and eating anything strangled or with any blood.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now let me address the issue of food offered in sacrifice to idols. It seems that everyone believes his own opinion is right on this matter. How easily we get puffed up over our opinions! But love builds up the structure of our new life.

1 Corinthians 8:10

For if a believer with a weak conscience sees you, who have a greater understanding, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t this be a temptation to him to violate his own conscience and eat food offered to idols?

1 Corinthians 8:11

So, in effect, by exercising your understanding of freedom, you have ruined this weak believer, a brother for whom Christ has died!

Galatians 4:8

Before we knew God as our Father, we were unwitting servants to the powers that be, which are nothing compared to God.

Ephesians 4:6

And he is the perfect Father who leads us all, works through us all, and lives in us all!

1 Timothy 1:17

Because of this my praises rise to the King of all the universe who is indestructible, invisible, and full of glory, the only God who is worthy of the highest honors throughout all of time and throughout the eternity of eternities! Amen!

1 Timothy 2:5

For God is one, and there is one Mediator between God and the sons of men—the true man, Jesus, the Anointed One.

Jude 1:25

to the only God our Savior, through our Lord Jesus Christ, be endless glory and majesty, great power and authority—from before he created time, now, and throughout all the ages of eternity. Amen!