Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

But if a man loves God, God is known by him.

New American Standard Bible

but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

King James Version

But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

Holman Bible

But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

International Standard Version

But anyone who loves God is known by him.

A Conservative Version

But if any man loves God, this man is known by him.

American Standard Version

but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

Amplified

But if anyone loves God [with awe-filled reverence, obedience and gratitude], he is known by Him [as His very own and is greatly loved].

An Understandable Version

But if anyone loves God, that person is known by God.

Anderson New Testament

but if any one loves God, he is taught by him).

Bible in Basic English

But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

Common New Testament

But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

Daniel Mace New Testament

but if a man love God, the same is taught by him.

Darby Translation

But if any one love God, he is known of him):

Godbey New Testament

but if any one loves God he is known of him.

John Wesley New Testament

But if any one love God, he is known by him. I say, as to the eating of things sacrificed to idols,

Julia Smith Translation

And if any one love God, the same is known of him.)

King James 2000

But if any man loves God, the same is known by him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But if anyone loves God, this one is known by him.

Modern King James verseion

But if any one loves God, he has been known of him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

Moffatt New Testament

but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

Montgomery New Testament

but if a man loves God, he is known by him.

NET Bible

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

New Heart English Bible

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Noyes New Testament

but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.

Sawyer New Testament

but if any one loves God, this [man] is known by him.

The Emphasized Bible

But, if anyone loveth God, the same, is known of him -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

Twentieth Century New Testament

On the other hand, if a man loves God, he is known by God.

Webster

But if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

Weymouth New Testament

but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.

Williams New Testament

But if a man loves God, God is known by him.

World English Bible

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Worrell New Testament

but, if anyone loves God, the same has been known by Him:

Worsley New Testament

But if any man love God, he is owned by Him.

Youngs Literal Translation

and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

the same
οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

is known
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

of
ὑπό 
Hupo 
of, by, under, with, in, not tr,
Usage: 188

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 8:3

References

Context Readings

Concerning Food Sacrificed To Idols

2 If a man thinks he has acquired some knowledge, he does not yet know it as well as he ought to know it. 3 But if a man loves God, God is known by him. 4 As to eating things, then, that have been offered to idols, we all know that no idol has any real existence, and that there is no God but one.

Cross References

Galatians 4:9

but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again?

Romans 11:2

God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel?

2 Timothy 2:19

Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."

Matthew 7:23

Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!'

John 10:14

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,

John 21:17

Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

Romans 8:28-29

We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But, as the Scripture says, there are things "Which no eye ever saw and no ear ever heard, And never occurred to the human mind, Which God has provided for those who love him."

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen the world's poor to be rich in faith, and to possess the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:8

You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

1 John 5:2-3

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.

Revelation 2:9

I know of your distress and poverty??hough you are rich!?? know how you are slandered by those who claim to be Jews when they are not so, but only a synagogue of Satan!

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live; where Satan has his throne! Yet you cling to my name and did not renounce your faith in me even in the days when my faithful Antipas, my witness, was put to death among you??here Satan lives.

Revelation 2:19

I know the things you do, your love and faithfulness and helpfulness and endurance, and I know that you are now doing more than you did at first.

Revelation 3:8-9

I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can close. I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.

Revelation 3:15-16

I know what you are doing, and that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot!

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