1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 anyone loveth God, the same, is known of him—
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,—more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Romans 11:25For I wish not, ye should be ignorant, brethren, of this sacred secret, lest within yourselves ye be presumptuous, that, a hardening in part, hath befallen Israel, until, the full measure of the nations, shall come in;
1 Corinthians 13:8Love, at no time, faileth;—but, whether prophesyings, they shall be done away, whether tongues, they shall cease, whether gaining knowledge, it shall be done away;
Galatians 6:3For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;
1 Timothy 6:3If anyone doth otherwise teach, and doth not adhere to healthful discourses—those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching that 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 →