KJV: For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
YLT: for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth -- as there are gods many and lords many --
Darby: For and if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)
ASV: For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
καὶ | Even |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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γὰρ | truly |
Parse: Conjunction Root: γάρ Sense: for. |
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εἴπερ | if indeed |
Parse: Conjunction Root: εἴπερ Sense: if indeed, since, if after all. |
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εἰσὶν | there are |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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λεγόμενοι | [those] called |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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θεοὶ | gods |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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εἴτε | whether |
Parse: Conjunction Root: εἴτε Sense: if … if. |
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οὐρανῷ | heaven |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: οὐρανός Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it. |
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γῆς | earth |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: γῆ Sense: arable land. |
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πολλοὶ | many |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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κύριοι | lords |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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πολλοί | many |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 8:5
Literally, “For even if indeed there are” (a concessive clause, condition of first class, assumed to be true for argument‘s sake). [source]
So-called gods, reputed gods. Paul denied really the existence of these so-called gods and held that those who worshipped idols (non-entities) in reality worshipped demons or evil spirits, agents of Satan (1 Corinthians 10:19-21). [source]
Superhuman beings to whom these titles are given, as Ephesians 6:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31; John 14:30. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 8:5
Correct text rather than επειπερ epeiper It means “if on the whole.” “By a species of rhetorical politeness it is used of that about which there is no doubt” (Thayer. Cf. 1 Corinthians 8:5; 1 Corinthians 15:15; Romans 8:9. [source]
Not denying their existence (comp. 1 Corinthians 8:5) but their deity. Emphasis on by nature. Comp. 1 Corinthians 10:20. [source]
In 1 Corinthians 10:20 he terms them “demons,” the “so-called gods” (1 Corinthians 8:5), worshipping images made by hands (Acts 17:29). [source]
More literally, if so be that. Confirming, in a hypothetical form, the assertion of God's judgment upon persecutors, 2 Thessalonians 1:5. It implies no doubt, but rhetorically puts a recognized fact as a supposition. So Romans 3:30; Romans 8:9, Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthians 8:5. [source]
Like John‘s Antichrist this one opposes (αντι anti̇) Christ and exalts himself (direct middle of υπεραιρω huperairō old verb to lift oneself up above others, only here and 2 Corinthians 12:7 in N.T.), but not Satan, but an agent of Satan. This participial clause is in apposition with the two preceding phrases, the man of sin, the son of perdition. Note 1 Corinthians 8:5 about one called God and Acts 17:23 for σεβασμα sebasma (from σεβαζομαι sebazomai), object of worship, late word, in N.T. only in these two passages. [source]