Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Corinthians 8:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If anyone imagines that he has come to know and understand much [of divine things, without love], he does not yet perceive and recognize and understand as strongly and clearly, nor has he become as intimately acquainted with anything as he ought or as is necessary. American Standard Version (1901) If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; Common English Bible If anyone thinks they know something, they don’t yet know as much as they should know. Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know. |
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.