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Forγὰρevenκαὶifεἴπερthere areεἰσὶνso-calledλεγόμενοιgods,θεοὶwhetherεἴτεinἐνheavenοὐρανῷorεἴτεonἐπὶearthγῆς(asὥσπερthere areεἰσὶνmanyπολλοὶgodsθεοὶandκαὶmanyπολλοίlords),κύριοι
1 Corinthians 8:5
Study it in the app“For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),”
Paul: idols are nothing; for us there is one God, the FatherWho God Is
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 8:5, word by word
- ifεἴπερeiper
since, if indeed
"Since", "if indeed", "if it is true that".
Where else “eiper” appears- there areεἰσὶνeisin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “eisin” appears- so-calledλεγόμενοιlegomenoi
call
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legomenoi” appears- godsθεοὶtheoi
god
A god of other peoples.
Where else “theoi” appears- whetherεἴτεeite
whether, or
"Whether ... or", "if".
Where else “eite” appears- heavenοὐρανῷouranōi
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōi” appears- earthγῆςgēs
earth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appears- (asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- manyπολλοὶpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- lords)κύριοιkyrioi
master
The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
Where else “kyrioi” appears
The context
4So, 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we through him.