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1 Corinthians 8:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Corinthians 8:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 [a]Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed unto [b]idols, we know that an idol is [c]nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven, or in earth (as there be many gods, and many lords.)
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- 1 Corinthians 8:4 The application of that answer to things offered to idols: I grant, saith he that an idol is indeed a vain imagination, and that there is but one God and Lord, herefore that meat cannot be made holy or profane by the idol: but it followeth not therefore that a man may without respect use those meats as any other.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 This word (idol) in this place is taken for an image which is made to present some godhead, that worship might be given unto it: whereupon came the word (idolatry) that is to say, Image service.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 It is a vain dream.
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