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1 Corinthians 8:2
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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.  
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1 Corinthians 8:2

Puffeth up (fusioi). From fusiow (present indicative active). See on I Corinthians 4:6. Pride may be the result, not edification (oikodomei) which comes from love. Note article (h) with both gnwsiv and agaph, making the contrast sharper. See on I Thessalonians 5:11 for the verb oikodomew, to build up. Love is the solution, not knowledge, in all social problems.

That he knoweth anything (egnwkenai ti). Perfect active infinitive in indirect discourse after dokei (condition of first class with ei). So "has acquired knowledge" (cf. I Corinthians 3:18), has gone to the bottom of the subject.

He knoweth not yet (oupw egnw). Second aorist active indicative, timeless aorist, summary (punctiliar) statement of his ignorance.

As he ought to know (kaqwv dei gnwnai). Second aorist active infinitive, ingressive aorist (come to know). Newton's remark that he was only gathering pebbles on the shore of the ocean of truth is pertinent. The really learned man knows his ignorance of what lies beyond. Shallow knowledge is like the depth of the mud hole, not of the crystal spring.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 8:2:

1 Corinthians 8:13
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