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1 Corinthians 8:4
So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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1 Corinthians 8:5
For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

Deuteronomy 6:4
Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

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1 Corinthians 8:6
There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

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Psalms 115:4
Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Psalms 115:5
They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

Psalms 115:6
They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

Psalms 115:7
They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.

Psalms 115:8
Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

Jeremiah 10:5
It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.

Isaiah 41:24
But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

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1 Corinthians 10:19
Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?

1 Corinthians 10:20
What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

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