1 Corinthians 8:2
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
BSB
ASV
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet 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.
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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.
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Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
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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.
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
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Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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.
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…
" That they likewise (remember), what was written to the Corinthians, that they "were yet carnal," who "required to be fed with milk," being as yet "unable to bear strong meat; " who also "thought that they knew somewhat, whereas they knew not yet anything, as they ought to know."
He knoweth nothing yet, etc. - The person who acts in this rash, unfeeling way, from the general knowledge which he has of the vanity of idolatry and the liberty which the Gospel affords from Jewish rites, with all his knowledge does not know this, that though the first and greatest commandment says, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, etc., yet the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
The first step to knowledge is to know our own ignorance. Without love there is only the appearance of knowledge. knoweth--The oldest manuscripts read a Greek word implying personal experimental acquaintance, not merely knowledge of a fact, which the Greek of "we know" or are aware (1Co 8:1) means. as he ought to know--experimentally and in the way of "love."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
