1 Corinthians 8:2 Meaning and Explanation
“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Anyone who imagines he has fully grasped the truth has not yet known it as he should.
What Does 1 Corinthians 8:2 Mean?
Continuing his caution about knowledge, Paul addresses the confident believer who prides himself on understanding the matter of idols. He punctures that confidence with a sharp reversal: such a person has not yet known as he ought.
True knowing, Paul implies, is humble and aware of how much it has not grasped. To think one has arrived is itself a sign of not having arrived. This is a tender rebuke to every age, including our own, reminding us that the surest mark of wisdom is humility before God and patience with others, and that knowledge severed from love has missed the point entirely.
1 Corinthians 8:2 in the Original Language
ginosko (γινώσκω), 'know' -- to know by relationship and experience, not mere information.
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What does 1 Corinthians 8:2 mean?
Anyone who imagines he has fully grasped the truth has not yet known it as he should.