Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 8:4-6

Knowledge, Love, and the Weak Brother in a World of Idols

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4 So 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 there are many so-called gods and lords),

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

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Verse 4

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So οὖν G3767 Conjunction about Περὶ G4012 Preposition - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular eating βρώσεως G1035 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular - τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural food sacrificed to idols εἰδωλοθύτων G1494 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural We know οἴδαμεν G1492 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction an idol εἴδωλον G1497 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular [is] nothing at all οὐδὲν G3762 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition [the] world κόσμῳ G2889 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction [there is] no οὐδεὶς G3762 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular but εἰ G1487 Conjunction . . . μὴ G3361 Adverb one εἷς G1520 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 5

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For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction even καὶ G2532 Conjunction if εἴπερ G1512 Conjunction there are εἰσὶν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural so-called λεγόμενοι G3004 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural gods θεοὶ G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural whether εἴτε G1535 Conjunction in ἐν G1722 Preposition heaven οὐρανῷ G3772 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular or εἴτε G1535 Conjunction on ἐπὶ G1909 Preposition earth γῆς G1093 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular (as ὥσπερ G5618 Adverb there are εἰσὶν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural many [ so-called ] πολλοὶ G4183 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural gods θεοὶ G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - πολλοί G4183 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural lords κύριοι G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 6

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yet ἀλλ’ G235 Conjunction for us ἡμῖν G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural [ there is but ] one εἷς G1520 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Father Πατήρ G3962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular from ἐξ G1537 Preposition whom οὗ G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular all πάντα G3956 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural things [came] τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction for εἰς G1519 Preposition [whom] αὐτόν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular we [exist] ἡμεῖς G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural And [ there is but ] καὶ G2532 Conjunction one εἷς G1520 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Lord Κύριος G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦς G2424 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Christ Χριστός G5547 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular through δι’ G1223 Preposition whom οὗ G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular all πάντα G3956 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural things [came] τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction through δι’ G1223 Preposition [whom] αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular we [exist] ἡμεῖς G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural

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