1 Corinthians 8:2
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
4 So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
- KJV
- And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
- WEB
- But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
- ASV
- If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
- DARBY
- If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].
- BLB
- If anyone thinks to known anything, he does not yet know as it is necessary to know.
- ÅB
- om noen tykkes seg å kjenne noe, han har aldri kjent noe slik som en bør kjenne det;
- OTB
- Hvis noen mener han har kunnskap, vet han ennå ikke slik han burde;
- B1930
- om nogen tykkes sig å kjenne noget, han har aldri kjent noget således som en bør kjenne det;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextGalatians 6:3
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Read in contextProverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:3–4
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:8–9
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
Read in contextProverbs 30:2–4
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:5–7
The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
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