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King James Version

1 Corinthians 8:2

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fraternity;   Idolatry;   Pride;   Wisdom;   Scofield Reference Index - Law of Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Conceit;   Humility-Pride;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   The Topic Concordance - Knowledge;   Meat;   Sacrifice;   Stumbling/slipping;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Meats;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Food;   Knowledge;   Truth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Conscience;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Strong and Weak;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lutherans;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Knowledge;   Paul;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Conscience;   Food;   Idolatry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Paul;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Knowledge;   48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Food;   Jude, the Epistle of;   Nicolaitans;   Nothing;   Offence;   Pauline Theology;   Salvation;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Revised Standard Version
If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe.
Hebrew Names Version
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
International Standard Version
If anyone thinks he knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.1 Corinthians 13:8-9,12; Galatians 6:3; 1 Timothy 6:4;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;
New Century Version
If you think you know something, you do not yet know anything as you should.
Update Bible Version
If any man thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't know yet as he ought to know;
Webster's Bible Translation
And if any man thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
English Standard Version
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know 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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. And if any one think he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Weymouth's New Testament
If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But if ony man gessith, that he kan ony thing, he hath not yit knowe hou it bihoueth hym to kunne.
English Revised Version
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
Berean Standard Bible
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Contemporary English Version
In fact, people who think they know so much don't know anything at all.
Amplified Bible
If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.
American Standard Version
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
Bible in Basic English
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
Complete Jewish Bible
The person who thinks he "knows" something doesn't yet know in the way he ought to know.
Darby Translation
If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].
Etheridge Translation
But if a man think that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as it behoves him to know:
Murdock Translation
2 And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know [fn] .
King James Version (1611)
And if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
New Living Translation
Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much.
New Life Bible
The person who thinks he knows all the answers still has a lot to learn.
New Revised Standard
Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe, if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as hee ought to knowe.
George Lamsa Translation
And if any man thinks that, of himself, he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man thynke that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Good News Translation
Those who think they know something really don't know as they ought to know.
Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.
Lexham English Bible
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.
Literal Translation
But if anyone thinks to know anything, he still has known nothing as he ought to know.
Young's Literal Translation
and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth [him] to know;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles yf eny ma thinke yt he knoweth eny thinge, he knoweth not yet how he oughte to knowe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and if any man be conceited of his own knowledge, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.
New English Translation
If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
New King James Version
And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
Simplified Cowboy Version
And besides, a fellow who claims to know everything doesn't know very much at all.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;
Legacy Standard Bible
If anyone thinks that he has known anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;

Contextual Overview

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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if: Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 30:2-4, Romans 11:25, Galatians 6:3, 1 Timothy 1:5-7, 1 Timothy 6:3, 1 Timothy 6:4

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:20 - to know Job 13:2 - General Proverbs 3:5 - and Proverbs 11:2 - but Proverbs 14:6 - scorner Luke 8:18 - seemeth to have Acts 8:31 - How Acts 18:26 - expounded Romans 2:18 - knowest Romans 2:19 - art confident Romans 12:16 - Be not 1 Corinthians 3:18 - If 1 Corinthians 8:1 - touching 1 Corinthians 8:10 - which hast 1 Corinthians 10:12 - General 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General 1 Corinthians 14:37 - any 2 Corinthians 8:7 - knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 8:11
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Proverbs 8:28
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Jonah 2:3
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Matthew 8:9
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if any man think that he knows anything,.... Whoever has an opinion of himself, or is conceited with his own knowledge, and fancies that he knows more than he does; which is always the case of those that are elated with their knowledge, and treat others with contempt, and have no regard to their peace and edification:

he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know; if he did, he would know this, that he ought to consult the peace, comfort, and edification of his brother; and therefore whatever knowledge he may fancy he has attained to, or whatever he may be capable of, and hereafter obtain, for the present he must be put down for a man that knows nothing as he should do; for he knows neither his duty to God nor man; if he knew the former, he would know the latter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And if any think ... - The connection and the scope of this passage require us to understand this as designed to condemn that vain conceit of knowledge, or self-confidence, which would lead us to despise others, or to disregard their interests. “If anyone is conceited of his knowledge, is so vain, and proud, and self-confident, that he is led to despise others, and to disregard their true interests, he has not yet learned the very first elements of true knowledge as he ought to learn them, True knowledge will make us humble, modest, and kind to others. It will not puff us up, and it will not lead us to overlook the real happiness of others.” See Romans 11:25.

Any thing - Any matter pertaining to science, morals, philosophy, or religion. This is a general maxim pertaining to all pretenders to knowledge.

He knoweth nothing yet ... - He has not known what is most necessary to be known on the subject; nor has he known the true use and design of knowledge, which is to edify and promote the happiness of others. If a man has not so learned anything as to make it contribute to the happiness of others, it is a proof that he has never learned the true design of the first elements of knowledge. Paul’s design is to induce them to seek the welfare of their brethren. Knowledge, rightly applied, will promote the happiness of all. And it is true now as it was then, that if a man is a miser in knowledge as in wealth; if he lives to accumulate, never to impart; if he is filled with a vain conceit of his wisdom, and seeks not to benefit others by enlightening their ignorance, and guiding them in the way of truth, he has never learned the true use of science, any more than the man has of wealth who always hoards, never gives. It is valueless unless it is diffused, as the light of heaven would be valueless unless diffused all over the world, and the waters would be valueless if always preserved in lakes and reservoirs, and never diffused over hills and vales to refresh the earth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 8:2. He knoweth nothing yet, &c.] 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, &c., yet the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. He, then, that can torment his neighbour's weak or tender conscience with his food or his conduct, does not love him as himself, and therefore knows nothing as he ought to know.


 
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