1 Corinthians 8: Food Offered to Idols

Paul answers the Corinthians' question about food offered to idols, warning that knowledge makes people proud while love strengthens others. Idols are nothing and there is one God and one Lord, but those who know this must not use their freedom in a way that causes a weaker believer to fall.

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According to 1 Corinthians 8:4, what two things does Paul say believers know regarding food sacrificed to idols?

That every culture's gods are simply different names for the true GodThat eating food sacrificed to idols is always sinful regardless of a believer's conscienceThat idols possess limited but real spiritual power over believersThat an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one