1 Corinthians 8:3

On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2If someone thinks that they know anything, they have not yet reached that knowledge which they ought to have reached.

4With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols – we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:3When you test my heart when you visit at night, and assay me like silver – you can find no evil. I am determined that my mouth should not lie.

Matthew 7:23And then I will say to them plainly ‘I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.’

John 21:17The third time, Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of John, are you my friend?” Peter was hurt at his third question being ‘Are you my friend?’; and exclaimed, “Master, you know everything! You can tell that I am your friend.” “Feed my sheep,” said Jesus.

Romans 11:2God has not rejected his people, whom he chose from the first. Have you forgotten the words of scripture in the story of Elijah – how he appeals 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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