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


In Context

2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.

3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

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

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

7 However, that knowledge isn't in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, 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 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 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,)