1 Corinthians 8:2
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
American Standard 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
3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
1 Corinthians 13:8Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall be done away.
Galatians 6:3For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
1 Timothy 6:3If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
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 →