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5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,(as there be gods many, and lords many,)
1 Corinthians 8:5 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-6)In this passage he shows the vanity of idols: As to the eating of things that have been sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world ; or, there is no idol in the world; or, an idol can do nothing in the world: for the form of expression in the original is elliptical. The meaning in the general is, that heathen idols have no divinity in them; and therefore the Old Testament th...
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