5For and if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)


In Context

2 If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.

3 But if any one love God, he is known of him):

4 concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God save one.

5 For and if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)

6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

7 But knowledge is not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

1 Corinthians 8:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many);

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there are that are called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there are things that are called |gods,| whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many |gods| and many |lords;|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth — as there are gods many and lords many —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)