Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Corinthians 8:3
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1 Corinthians8:3
3. love God--the source of love to our neighbor (1Jo 4:11, 12, 20; 5:2).
the same--literally, "this man"; he who loves, not he who "thinks that he knows," not having "charity" or love (1Co 8:1, 2).
is known of him--is known with the knowledge of approval and is acknowledged by God as His (Psa 1:6; Ga 4:9; 2Ti 2:19). Contrast, "I never knew you" (Mt 7:23). To love God is to know God; and he who thus knows God has been first known by God (compare 1Co 13:12; 1Pe 1:2).
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