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 - English Standard Version 2016 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. Matoleo zaidiKing 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 sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.