^{4 Ref} So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

^{5 Ref} For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

^{6 Ref} There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.