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Berean Standard Bible

“The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.”

1 Corinthians 8:2

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In 1 Corinthians 8 Paul addresses food sacrificed to idols and the tension between knowledge and love. Some in Corinth were proud of what they knew.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

World English Bible (WEB)

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

King James Version (KJV)

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

American Standard Version (ASV)

If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and if any one does think to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it behooves him to know;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y si alguno se imagina que sabe algo, aun no sabe nada como debe saber.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El que cree que sabe algo, todavía no sabe nada como debería saber.

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