If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.(A) But if anyone loves God,(B) he is known(C) by Him.

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”(D)

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Those who think they know something(A) do not yet know as they ought to know.(B) But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](C)

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(D) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(E) and that “There is no God but one.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves truly knows.