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  • 1 Corinthians 8:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 4 Now concerning the eating of food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing+ in the world and that there is no God but one.+

  • 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
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 4 Now concerning the eating+ of foods offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing+ in the world,* and that there is no God but one.+

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4
    The Bible in Living English
    • 4 Well, then, as to the eating of meat from idol-sacrifices, we are aware that there is no such thing in the world as an idol-god and that there is no God but one—

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4
    American Standard Version
    • 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 4 Concerning then the eating of idol-sacrifices We are aware—That an idol is nothing in the world, And that none is God save 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
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:4 w78 10/15 30-31; w75 218; ns 15; w56 45; w52 126

  • 1 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:4

      The Watchtower,

      10/15/1978, pp. 30-31

      4/1/1975, p. 218

      1/15/1956, pp. 44-46

      2/15/1952, pp. 126-127

  • 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.

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