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NASB | 1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, |
Bible Question:
I found this question in the post. It was not answered.. Or I did not see one. Can I please get a response for this? Do you ridicule the apostle Paul? 1 Cor 8:5,6 states: "For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live." There is only one God (with a capital G) the Father Jehovah. |
Bible Answer: Hi Noveta, I do not ridiculte the apostle Paul. He clearly says, "one God, the Father". So the Son (Jesus) can't be the one God that we are to worship (the Father) nor the God to pray to (since we pray to the Father through the Son, Jesus). The Scripture is exactly right, don't listen to Tim or the others that twist the scriptures and try to say that the Bible says that we should worship Jesus as our Almighty Creator and Father. If the Bible (and it does) refer to certain men as mighty ones (gods) or angels as mighty (gods) or Jesus as mighty (thos/elohim) then I believe it. We must not take away the honor due our heavenly Father, Jehovah, Jesus' God. Remember, many times Jesus says, "my God". We honor or worship Jesus in a relative sense, as he truly is, the mighty Son of God, through whom all the universe was created, and whom alone is called God's only-begotten Son. Jesus constantly tells us to worship the Father, again and again! Jesus cannot get any clearer when he says at Matt. 4:10, "Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’” I believe Jesus over what's spread in so-called Christian religions. I wonder too why most trinitarian Bible versions today translate "theon" without the definite article as "a god" in Acts 28:6 but in John 1:1 they choose to make it appear Jesus is Almighty God by translating it as "God" eventhough there's no definite article preceding the "theos" in question! After all, the verse tells us that the Word was with God. So the context tells us that the Word is "a god". Otherwise the translation is "out of context". The same Greek construction is found in Acts 28:6 as is in John 1:1, thus the New World Translation is consistant, accurate, and scholarly. Notice what these Greek scholars translate John 1:1 as: 1808 “and the word was a god” The New Testament, in An Improved Version, Upon the Basis of Archbishop Newcome’s New Translation: With a Corrected Text, London. 1864 “and a god was the Word” The Emphatic Diaglott (J21, interlinear reading), by Benjamin Wilson, New York and London. 1935 “and the Word was divine” The Bible—An American Translation, by J. M. P. Smith and E. J. Goodspeed, Chicago. 1950 “and the Word was a god” New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures, Brooklyn. 1975 “and a god (or, of a divine Das Evangelium nach kind) was the Word” Johannes, by Siegfried Schulz,Göttingen, Germany. 1978 “and godlike sort was Das Evangelium nach the Logos” Johannes,by Johannes Schneider,Berlin. 1979 “and a god was the Logos” Das Evangelium nach Johannes,by Jürgen Becker, Würzburg, Germany. These translations use such words as “a god,” “divine” or “godlike” because the Greek word (theos) is a singular predicate noun occurring before the verb and is not preceded by the definite article and is (please note) contrasted with the articular theos (ho theos). Yes, the Word is contrasted with the God, otherwise John would have had the definite article preceding both theos's. This is clear and simple, so don't believe twisted trinitarian explainations. |