Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Corinthians 8:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise.
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.