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1 Corinthians 8:2

and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth [him] to know;

Young's Literal Translation

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

1And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

3and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 26:12Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Romans 11:25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

1 Corinthians 13:8The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;

Galatians 6:3for if any one doth think [himself] to be something — being nothing — himself he doth deceive;

1 Timothy 6:3if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words — those of our Lord Jesus Christ — and to the teaching according to piety,

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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