1 Corinthians 8:4-6

Food Offered to Idols

⁴ Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that _t "an idol has no real existence," and that _u "there is no God but one." ⁵ For although there may be _v so-called gods in heaven or on earth - as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords" - ⁶ yet _w for us there is one God, the Father, _x from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and _y one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and _z through whom we exist.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 10:19
   What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
   Isaiah 41:24
   Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
   Acts 14:15
   Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 8:6
   Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
   Deuteronomy 4:35
   To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
   Deuteronomy 4:39
   Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Thessalonians 2:4
   Who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 8:4
   Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
   Malachi 2:10
   Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
   Ephesians 4:6
   One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 11:36
   For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
   
6. Cross References
   Ephesians 4:5
   One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
   1 Corinthians 1:2
   To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
   1 Timothy 2:5
   For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
   John 13:13
   You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
   
7. Cross References
   John 1:3
   All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
   Colossians 1:16
   For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities - all things were created through him and for him.