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


In Context

2 The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

3 But the man who loves God is known by God.

4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one.

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

6 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.

7 But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5For and if indeed there are those 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,)