1 Corinthians 8:2
But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
In Context
3For if anyone loves God, he is known by him.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.
1 Corinthians 13:8Charity is never torn away, even if prophecies pass away, or languages cease, or knowledge is destroyed.
Galatians 6:3For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,
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 →