Taking Paul’s comments in both 1 Corinthians 8 and 10 together (the subject matter is the same) helps us see that, for Paul, there was an overlap between the words daimonion and theos (“god”).21 The word theos was used of high-ranking spiritual beings who had authority both in pantheons and geographical domains on earth. The word theos, then, has some conceptual overlap with those divine beings who were set over the nations.
