1 Corinthians 8:3
“But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.”
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1 Corinthians 8:3 Context
1Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge. Knowledge puffeth vp: but Charitie edifieth. 2And if any man thinke that hee knoweth any thing, hee knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him. 4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice vnto idoles, wee know that an idole is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5For though there bee that are called gods, whether in heauen or in earth (as there be gods many, and lords many:)
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- King James Version
but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.
- Basic English Bible
But if any one love God, *he* is known of him):
- Darby Bible
But if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
- Webster's Bible
but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
- Weymouth Bible
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
- World English Bible
And if ony man loueth God, this is knowun of hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 8:3
8:3 He is known - That is, approved, by him. #Psalm 1:6|.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 8:3
1Co 8:3 If any man love God. Not knowledge, but love "buildeth up" (1Co 8:1). Love, too, is a source of true knowledge. It is he who loves God who knows him. The same, grammatically, refers to God. The sentence then says, "If any man love God, the same is known by him", i.e., by that man. Love is the means of obtaining the true knowledge, the highest knowledge.