Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
1 Corinthians 8:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet 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. |
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I have been known.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.