1 Corinthians 8:2

ἐγνωκέναι אABDEFG.

[οὐδέν] after οὔπω omit אABDFG. Vetus Lat. Vulg. E and Peshito insert it.

ἔγνω אABDFG. ἔγνωκε rec. with E.

2. ἐγνωκέναι. This word implies the knowledge which comes from observation and experience. The rec. εἰδέναι would substitute rather the idea of intuitive knowledge. See above, 1 Corinthians 2:11, note.

οὔπω ἔγνω. He has never yet known. The aor. here is equivalent to the English perfect, in the sense of a condition which has become habitual.

καθὼς δεῖ γνῶναι. We may be puffed up by our knowledge, but it is with very little reason. Whatever our knowledge, it is at present very imperfect. There are ‘more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.’ The truest and most perfect knowledge, the Apostle hints, comes from God, and its name is love.