For I want you to know this secret, brothers, so you will not become conceited: Part of the Israelites have become [spiritually] insensitive [to God], [and will remain that way] until the fullness of the Gentiles occurs. [Note: As with the Jews (verse 12), “fullness” here may mean either a large or the complete number of Gentiles who will be saved].
1 Corinthians 8:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)2 If anyone thinks he knows something, he [really] does not know as much as he ought to. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 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. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know; See the chapterCommon English Bible2 If anyone thinks they know something, they don’t yet know as much as they should know. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version2 But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know. See the chapter |
1 Corinthians 8:2
9 Cross References
For now [i.e., during the church’s infant state] we see in a mirror [Note: God’s word is elsewhere likened to a mirror. See James 1:22-25] indistinctly [i.e., because of having only partial knowledge and prophecy], but then [i.e., when the church matures and has the completed Scriptures], we will see face to face [i.e., clearly]. Now I have [only] partial knowledge, but then I will have full knowledge, just as [God has] full knowledge of me.
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