1 Corinthians 8:3

But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

In Context

2If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

4So, 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.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:17And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.

Psalms 17:3You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

Jeremiah 1:5Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

Matthew 7:23And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

John 21:17He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

Romans 11:2God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 8:2-4

On Things Offered to Idols. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. The apostle comes here to the case of things that had been offered to idols, concerning which some of them sought satisfaction: a case that frequently occurred in that age of Christianity, when the church… Read the whole commentary →

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