1 Corinthians 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the one who loves God is known by God.”
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“But the one who loves God is known by God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But if any man love God, the same is known of him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.”
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Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 8:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 33:12Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
- Exodus 33:17So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
- Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
- Psalms 139:1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Nahum 1:7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 21:17Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
- Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Romans 11:2God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
- 1 Corinthians 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- 1 John 4:19We love because He first loved us.
- 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- Revelation 2:19I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.
- Revelation 3:8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
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