1 Corinthians 8:5
New International Version
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),

New Living Translation
There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords.

English Standard Version
For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

Berean Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

Berean Literal Bible
Truly even if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many gods and many lords,

King James Bible
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

New King James Version
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

New American Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

NASB 1995
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

NASB 1977
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Legacy Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Amplified Bible
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Christian Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords"—

American Standard Version
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For even though there are what are called gods, whether in the Heavens or in The Earth, as there are many gods and many lords,

Contemporary English Version
Many things in heaven and on earth are called gods and lords, but none of them really are gods or lords.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many);

English Revised Version
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
People may say that there are gods in heaven and on earth-many gods and many lords, as they would call them.

Good News Translation
Even if there are so-called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, and even though there are many of these "gods" and "lords,"

International Standard Version
For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"),

Literal Standard Version
for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—

Majority Standard Bible
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

New American Bible
Indeed, even though there are so-called gods in heaven and on earth (there are, to be sure, many “gods” and many “lords”),

NET Bible
If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

New Revised Standard Version
Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—

New Heart English Bible
For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"

Webster's Bible Translation
For though there are that are called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many)

Weymouth New Testament
For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

World English Bible
For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—

Young's Literal Translation
for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth -- as there are gods many and lords many --

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Food Sacrificed to Idols
4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. 5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), 6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.…

Cross References
Matthew 27:17
So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.


Treasury of Scripture

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

that.

Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Jeremiah 2:11,28
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit…

Jeremiah 11:13
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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1 Corinthians 8
1. To abstain from food offered to idols.
8. We must not abuse our Christian liberty, to the offense of our brothers;
11. but must bridle our knowledge with charity.














(5) For though there be. . . .--This is an hypothetic argument. "Be" is the emphatic word of the supposition. Even assuming that there do exist those beings which are called "gods" (we have a right to make such a supposition, for Deuteronomy 10:17, Psalm 105:2-3, speaks of "gods and lords" of another kind), the difference between the heathen, "gods many" and the "lords and gods" of whom the Old Testament speaks, is that the former are deities, and the latter only a casual way of speaking of angels and other spiritual subjects and servants of the one God. This is brought out in the following verse.

Verse 5. - For though there be that are called gods. The verse is a limitation of the phrase which perhaps he had quoted from their letter. There are, indeed, demons, and there are created things, like the host of heaven and the powers of nature, which are called gods and pass for gods. Gods many, and lords many. Perhaps a passing allusion to the use of elohim, gods, for men in great positions, and to the habitual deification of Roman emperors even in their lifetime. The title "Augustus," which they all had borne, was to Jewish ears "the name of blasphemy" (Revelation 13:1), implying that they were to be objects of reverence. Indeed, the worship of the Caesars was, in that strange epoch of mingled atheism and superstition, almost the only sincere cult that was left.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

even
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

if
εἴπερ (eiper)
Conjunction
Strong's 1512: If indeed, if so. From ei and per; if perhaps.

there are
εἰσὶν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

so-called
λεγόμενοι (legomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

gods,
θεοὶ (theoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

whether
εἴτε (eite)
Conjunction
Strong's 1535: And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

heaven
οὐρανῷ (ouranō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

or
εἴτε (eite)
Conjunction
Strong's 1535: And if, whether. From ei and te; if too.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

earth
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

(as
ὥσπερ (hōsper)
Adverb
Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.

there are
εἰσὶν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

many [ so-called ]
πολλοὶ (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

gods
θεοὶ (theoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

lords),
κύριοι (kyrioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.


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