Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Holman Bible
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.
A Conservative Version
If any man presumes to know anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
American Standard Version
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
Amplified
If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.
An Understandable Version
If anyone thinks he knows something, he [really] does not know as much as he ought to.
Anderson New Testament
If any one thinks that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet, as he ought to know it:
Bible in Basic English
If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;
Common New Testament
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and if any man be conceited of his own knowledge, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.
Darby Translation
If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know it.
Godbey New Testament
If any one seems to know anything, yet he knows not as it behooves him to know;
Goodspeed New Testament
If a man thinks he has acquired some knowledge, he does not yet know it as well as he ought to know it.
John Wesley New Testament
Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. And if any one think he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Julia Smith Translation
And if any one thinks to know anything, as yet he has known nothing as he ought to know.
King James 2000
And if any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.
Modern King James verseion
And if any man thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever imagines he has attained to some degree of knowledge, does not possess the true knowledge yet;
Montgomery New Testament
If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;
NET Bible
If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.
New Heart English Bible
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Noyes New Testament
if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;
Sawyer New Testament
And if any one thinks he knows any thing, he yet knows nothing as he ought to know;
The Emphasized Bible
If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if any man conceit that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If a man thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet reached that knowledge which he ought to have reached.
Webster
And if any man thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Weymouth New Testament
If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
Williams New Testament
If a man supposes that he has already gotten some true knowledge, as yet he has not learned it as he ought to know it.
World English Bible
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
Worrell New Testament
If anyone thinks that he has known anything, not yet did he know it as he ought to know it;
Worsley New Testament
And if any one be conceited of his knowledge, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth him to know;
Themes
Knowledge » May become a hinderance instead of a help to men » Vanity of human
Knowledge » Danger of » Vanity of human
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning Food Sacrificed To Idols
1 Now concerning food offered to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it. 3 But anyone who loves God is known by him.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.
1 Corinthians 13:8-9
Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.
1 Timothy 6:3-4
If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching,
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own opinion? There's more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.
Romans 11:25
For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.
1 Timothy 1:5-7
The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.