1 Corinthians 8:3
but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
In Context
2if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;
Cross References
Psalms 17:3Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou camest into the world, I chose thee; I appointed thee to be a prophet to the nations.
Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 21:17He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, 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. He saith to him, Feed my sheep.
Romans 11:2God hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth 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 →