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1 Corinthians 8:1-2 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 8 · verses 1–2
1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.1 Corinthians 8:1-2 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 8:1-2 in context
1Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
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Key words (Strong's)
- knowledgegnōsisknowledge signifies in general intelligence, understanding, the general knowledge of…G1108 →
- touchingperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
- edifiethoikodomeōto build a house, erect a building, to build , to restore by building, to rebuild…G3618 →
- charityagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
- knowethginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- idolseidōlothytossacrificed to idols, the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices, it was either eaten…G1494 →
- thinkdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
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The apostle comes here to the case of things that had been offered to idols, concerning which some of them sought satisfaction: a case that frequently occurred in that age of Christianity, when the church of Christ was among the heathen, and the Israel of God must live among the Canaanites.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3