1Co 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
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For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. {darkly: Gr. in a riddle}
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, {even} the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Charity never faileth: but whether {there be} prophecies, they shall fail; whether {there be} tongues, they shall cease; whether {there be} knowledge, it shall vanish away. {fail: Gr. vanish away}
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. {blindness: or, hardness}
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
{Be} of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. {condescend...: or, be contented with mean things}
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. {seemeth...: or, thinketh that he hath}
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto {them}, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.