1 Corinthians 8:2

Be Sensitive to Conscience

1 Now ^aconcerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have ^bknowledge. ^cKnowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

2 And ^aif anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that ^aan idol is nothing in the world, ^band that there is no other God but one.

5 For even if there are ^aso-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

6 yet ^afor us there is one God, the Father, ^bof whom are all things, and we for Him; and ^cone Lord Jesus Christ, ^dthrough whom are all things, and ^ethrough whom we live.

7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, ^awith consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is ^bdefiled.

8 But ^afood does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 8:2

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American Standard Version
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

Amplified® Bible
If anyone imagines that he has come to know {and} understand much [of divine things, without love], he does not yet perceive {and} recognize {and} understand as strongly {and} clearly, {nor} has he become as intimately acquainted with anything as he ought {or} as is necessary.

Contemporary English Version
In fact, people who think they know so much don't know anything at all.

Darby English Version
If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].

Good News Bible
Those who think they know something really don't know as they ought to know.

International Standard Version
If anyone thinks he knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.

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

New American Standard Bible
If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;

New International Version
The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

New King James Version
And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known 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;

New English Translation
If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

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