1 Corinthians 8:4
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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οὐδείς
no thing
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οὐδείς
No one, nothing, none. No one can snatch them out of My hand. The security of the believer rests not in their grip but in His. And His grip never fails.
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κόσμος
the] world
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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βρῶσις
eating
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βρῶσις
(abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively)
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εἴδωλον
an idol
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εἴδωλον
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
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εἰδωλόθυτον
idol-sacrifices
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εἰδωλόθυτον
an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
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ἕτερος
other
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ἕτερος
(an-, the) other or different
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εἰ
only
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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