1 Corinthians 8:2

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • 1 Tim 6:3-4 : 3 If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words(that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, 4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
  • 1 Cor 13:8-9 : 8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 30:2-4 : 2 Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding; 3 I have not learned wisdom, nor can I have knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  • 1 Tim 1:5-7 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. 6 Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

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  • 1 Cor 8:1
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    1Food Sacrificed to Idols With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

  • 1 Cor 8:3-4
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    3But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

    4With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  • 1 Cor 14:37-38
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    37If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

    38If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

  • 1 Cor 2:10-11
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    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

    11For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 8:7-11
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    7But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled.

    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

    9But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

    10For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols?

    11So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

  • 1 Cor 2:14-16
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    14The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

    16For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 3:18-21
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    18Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

    19For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written,“He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

    20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

    21So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 1 Tim 6:4
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    4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,

  • 1 Cor 4:4
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    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • 1 John 4:8
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    8The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  • 1 Cor 13:9
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    9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,

  • 1 John 2:3-4
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    3Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

    4The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

  • Job 15:9
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    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • Job 13:2
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    2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

  • 2 Pet 1:8-9
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    8For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

    9But concerning the one who lacks such things– he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

  • 1 Cor 13:12
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    12For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

  • 1 Cor 13:2
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    2And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

  • 1 Tim 1:7
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    7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

  • 2 Cor 5:16
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    16So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 2 Cor 11:6
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    6And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

  • Job 8:9
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    9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • 2 Cor 11:16
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    16Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
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    7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.

  • Rom 2:18-19
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    18and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

    19and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.