1 Corinthians 8:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.”
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“The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth <FI>him<Fi> to know;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 8:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Let 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.
- 1 Corinthians 13:8Love 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.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12Now 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.
- 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 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
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