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If anyone thinks he really[a] knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it. But anyone who loves God is known by him.[b]

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:2 The Gk. lacks really
  2. 1 Corinthians 8:3 I.e. Other mss. lack by him

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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  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.