Study it in the app“So, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.”
Paul: idols are nothing; for us there is one God, the FatherWho God Is
So,οὖνconcerningΠερὶthe eatingτῆς βρώσεωςof food sacrificed to idols,τῶν εἰδωλοθύτωνwe knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιan idolεἴδωλονis nothingοὐδὲνinἐνthe world,κόσμῳandκαὶthatὅτιthere is noοὐδεὶςGodθεὸςbutεἰ μὴone.εἷς
Paul says that there is no God but one; Deuteronomy 6:4: “YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one.”
The same term appears in both passages.
eating
The act of eating and drinking, on which there were rules of clean food.
Where else “brōseōs” appearsfood offered to idols
What has been sacrificed to an idol, especially meat.
Where else “eidōlothytōn” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appearsidol
Idol, image of a false god.
Where else “eidōlon” appearscreation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmōi” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appearssingle
Just one, or united as one.
Where else “heis” appearsAn echo of Deuteronomy 6:4.
3But if anyone loves God, that one is known by him.
4 · This verse (above)
5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
