1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any one loves God, the same is known by him.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
In Context
2If any one thinks that he knows anything, he has known nothing yet as he ought to know.
Cross References
Matthew 7:23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.
John 21:17He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.
Romans 11:2God did not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the Scripture says in the story of Elijah; how he pleads with God against Israel, saying:
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 →