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NASB					1 Cor 8:4 ¶ Therefore³⁷⁶⁷ concerning⁴⁰¹² the eating¹⁰³⁵ of ^Athings¹⁴⁹⁴ sacrificed¹⁴⁹⁴ to idols¹⁴⁹⁴, we know^3609a that ¹there is ^Bno³⁷⁶² such thing³⁷⁶² as an idol¹⁴⁹⁷ in the world²⁸⁸⁹, and that ^Cthere is no³⁷⁶² God²³¹⁶ but one¹⁵²⁰.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Cor 8:4 ¶ In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one. [Deut 6:4]

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Lit nothing is an idol in the world; i.e. an idol has no real existence

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Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

Acts 14:15 and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you 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.

Deut 4:35 "To you it was shown that you might know that the LORD, He is God; there is no other besides Him.

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Greek Heb.

1035

brôsis; from 977; eating, food:--eating(2), food(6), meal(1), rust(2).

1494

eidôlothutos; from 1497 and 2380; sacrificed to idols:--sacrificed to an idol(1), sacrificed to idols(1), thing sacrificed(1), thing sacrificed to idols(1), things sacrificed(6), things sacrificed to idols(6).

1497

eidôlon; from 1491b; an image (i.e. for worship), by impl. a false god:--idol(4), idols(7).

1520

heis (masc.) or
mia (fem.) or
hen (neut.); a prim. num.; one:--agreement(1), alike*(1), alone(3), common(1), detail(1), first(9), individual(2), individually*(1), lone(1), man(1), nothing*(1), one(282), one another(1), one man(2), one thing(5), one*(2), person(1), single(1), smallest(1), someone(2), thirty-nine*(1), unity(1).

2316

theos; of unc. or.; God, a god:--divinely(1), God(1267), god(6), God's(27), God-fearing(1), godly(2), godly*(1), gods(8), Lord(1).

2889

kosmos; a prim. word; order, the world:--adornment(1), world(184), world's(1).

3609a

oida; perf. of 1491a; to have seen or perceived, hence to know:--appreciate(1), aware(3), become learned(1), conscious*(1), having a knowledge(1), knew(16), knew...about(1), know(216), know about(1), know how(9), knowing(36), known(4), known about(1), knows(15), knows how(1), realize(1), realizing(2), recognize(3), unaware*(1), understand(5), understanding(1).

3762

oudeis and outheis,
oudemia,
ouden and outhen; from 3761 and 1520; no one, none:--all(1), any(7), anyone(9), anything(7), cannot*(1), never*(1), no(26), no...anything(1), no such thing(1), no man(3), no one(87), no one's(1), no respect(1), no*(6), nobody(1), none(12), none*(1), nothing(45), nothing at all(1), nothing nothing(1), nothing*(7), one(10), one*(3), useless*(1), worthless(1).

3767

oun; a prim. word; therefore, then, (and) so:--contrary*(1), however*(1), now(5), so(153), so then(9), so...then(1), then(141), therefore(178).

4012

peri; a prim. prep.; about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or subject):--about(103), about*(1), against(4), all around(1), around(12), around*(1), because(2), behalf(4), case*(1), cause*(1), circumstances*(1), companions*(1), concerning(48), condition*(1), connection(2), followers*(1), help(1), neighborhood(1), over(1), over...about(1), refers(1), regard(3), regarding(4), vicinity(1).

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