1 Corinthians 8:6 BSB

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit, Book 1, 132 (397)

Who, then, would dare to deny the oneness of Name, when he sees the oneness of the working. But why should I maintain the unity of the Name by arguments, when there is the plain testimony of the Divine Voice that the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is one? For it is written: "Go, baptize all nations in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." He said, "in the Name," not "in the Names."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

From whom are all things - By creation, providence, and grace. And we for him - The end of all we are, have, and do. And one Lord - Equally the object of divine worship.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He tells them that upon supposition that it were lawful in itself to eat of things offered to idols (for that they themselves are nothing), yet regard must be had to the weakness of Christian brethren, and nothing done that would lay a stumbling block before them, and occasion their sin and destruction,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There is to us but one Lord, one Mediator between God and men, even Jesus Christ. Not many mediators, as the heathen imagined, but one only, by whom all things were created and do consist, and to whom all our hope and happiness are owing--the man Christ Jesus; but a man in personal union with the divine Word, or God the Son.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But to us there is but one God, the Father - Who produced all things, himself uncreated and unoriginated. And we in him, και ἡμεις εις αυτον, and we For him; all intelligent beings having been created for the purpose of manifesting his glory, by receiving and reflecting his wisdom, goodness, and truth. And one Lord Jesus - Only one visible Governor of the world and the Church, by whom are all things: who was the Creator, as he is the Upholder of the universe.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	yet	G235 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	to us	G3165 →
εἷς	heis	[there is] one	G1520 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
οὗ	hou	whom [are]	G3739 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
αὐτόν,	auton	Him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστὸς	Christos	Christ	G5547 →
δι᾽	di᾽	through	G1223 →
οὗ	hou	whom [are]	G3739 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
δι᾽	di᾽	through	G1223 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1520heis[there is] one343×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:3
Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
leads to
- Colossians 1:16–17
  For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- Revelation 4:11
  “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Psalms 33:6
  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Genesis 1:26
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
- John 1:10
  He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Through
Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
leads to
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Malachi 2:11
  Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Through
Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
leads to
- Colossians 1:15–17
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Corinthians