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People may say that there are gods in heaven and on earth—many gods and many lords, as they would call them. But for us,

“There is only one God, the Father.
    Everything came from him, and we live for him.
    There is only one Lord, Yeshua Christ.
    Everything came into being through him,
        and we live because of him.”

But not everyone knows this. Some people are so used to worshiping false gods that they believe they are eating food offered to a false god. So they feel guilty because their conscience is weak.

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For even if there are so-called gods,(A) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God,(B) the Father,(C) from whom all things came(D) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(E) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(F) and through whom we live.

But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(G) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(H) it is defiled.

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