1 Corinthians 8:5 (WEB)
For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Fathers and councils · 15
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.29Book IV
“We know, moreover, that “though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6.
Read the whole comment - Origen, Against Celsus VIII.4Book VIII
“To this effect Paul says, “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, as there are gods many, and lords many.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, etc.
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Tertullian
“For “although there be that are called gods” in name, “whether in heaven or in earth, yet to us there is but one God the Father, of whom are all things;” whence the greater reason why, in our view, that which is the property of God ought to be regarded as pertaining to God alone, and why (as I have already said)…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
Read the whole comment“The apostle says: “For there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
Read the whole comment“But when he says, “although there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,” the meaning of his words is clear—not as if there were gods in reality, but as if there were some who are called gods, without being truly so.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
Read the whole comment“If, owing to the fault of human error, the word God has become a common name (since in the world there are said and believed to be “gods many”), yet “the blessed God,” (who is “the Father) of our Lord Jesus Christ,” will be understood to be no other God than the Creator, who both blessed all things…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
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John Damascene
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of Whom are all things, and we in Him: and one Lord Jesus Christ by Whom are all things, and we by Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“On the Clause, and in One Lord Jesus Christ, with a Reading from the First Epistle to the Corinthians” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“This idea of these blasphemers Paul puts aside; for he said: “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
Read the whole comment“That those things which are of a different substance are wont to be called, not one alone, but many, though already proved on the testimony of the prophet, the Apostle himself has stated in so many words, saying: “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…gods many and lords many; yet we have one God the Father, from whom are all, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6.
Read the whole comment“…many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor viii. 5, 6
Read the whole comment“Hence the saying of the apostle, “Though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, as there be gods many and lords many, but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“This is distinctly taught us by the admirable Paul in the words “For though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or in earth, as there are gods many and lords many, but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord by whom are all things and we by Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6
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Basil the Great
“And so St. Paul, “For as there be gods many and lords many, but to us there is but one god, the Father, of whom are all things; and one Lord Jesus Christ by Whom are all things.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. viii. 5, 6.
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Cross-references · 29
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.29.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.14.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.14.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.10.