📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 8:2

What does 1 Corinthians 8:2 mean?

"But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know."

— 1 Corinthians 8:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

3

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

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Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

5

For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;

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