The Arrogance of Knowledge

All have knowledge. The Corinthians boasted in their knowledge and sophistication. Everyone knows something and it is human nature to be proud of what you know, be it ever so little. But Paul gently contrasts knowledge with love—love with looks out from oneself to the good of others. Knowledge that exists only to serve self is the kind that puffs up. The love of God is what counts. It is not what you know that counts, it is whether God knows you. To be known of God is far more important than to know God for what He thinks is far more important than what I think. Paul is putting the emphasis upon love, rather than knowledge. Everyone has knowledge, but not everyone has love.