1 Corinthians 8:3

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

1 Corinthians 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any man love God
As they do, and show it, who love their brethren, and are careful not to grieve them; and make use of their superior knowledge, not for their destruction, but edification:

the same is known of him;
is taught by him, made to know more by him; such an one increases in spiritual knowledge, or he is highly approved of, esteemed, and beloved by God: he takes a special and particular notice of him, manifests his love to him, and will own and acknowledge him another day, when proud, haughty, overbearing, and hard hearted professors, will be rejected by him.

1 Corinthians 8:3 In-Context

1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.

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

4 Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol [is] nothing in the world" and that "[there is] no God except one."

5 For even if after all [there] are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as [there] are many gods and many lords,