• 1 Corinthians 8:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 Περὶ About τῆς the βρώσεως eating οὖν therefore τῶν of the εἰδωλοθύτων (things) sacrificed to idols οἴδαμεν we have known ὅτι that οὐδὲν nothing εἴδωλον idol ἐν in κόσμῳ, world, καὶ and ὅτι that οὐδεὶς no one θεὸς God εἰ if μὴ not εἷς. one.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4
    King James Version

    • 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

  • 1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 8:4

      concerning the eating of food offered to idols: The Greek expression rendered “food offered to idols” in this verse also occurs at Ac 15:29, where it is rendered “things sacrificed to idols.” However, the Greek term is broad and may include meat of a sacrifice actually used in a religious ceremony and meat that was left over from such a sacrifice. Here, Paul is referring to leftover meat that was sold to the public in a market. (1Co 10:25) In 1 Corinthians 8 and 10 and Romans 14, Paul was not granting Christians permission to share in acts of idolatry or in any feast honoring an idol. Rather, Paul was inspired to make allowance for simply eating, as an ordinary meal, meat that had been sold to the general public. Such meat from an idol temple was not unclean or defiled simply because of its origin.​—See study notes on 1Co 8:1; 10:25.