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1 Corinthians 8:2
1 Corinthians 8:2 is verse 2 of 1 Corinthians chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
King James Version
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
World English Bible
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
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1 Corinthians 8:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 1:6Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
1 Timothy 1:7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,