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The Truth About Idols and God
1 Corinthians 8:4-8
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So, as for eating food sacrificed to idols, we “know” that, as you say, “An idol has no real existence in the world, and there is only one God.”
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For even if there are so-called “gods,” either in heaven or on earth — as in fact there are “gods” and “lords” galore —
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yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things come and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom were created all things and through whom we have our being.
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But not everyone has this knowledge. Moreover, some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat food which has been sacrificed to them, they think of it as really affected by the idol; and their consciences, being weak, are thus defiled.
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Now food will not improve our relationship with God — we will be neither poorer if we abstain nor richer if we eat.
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