1 CORINTHIANS 14:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”
But if anyone ignores this, they themselves will be ignored — the consequence for resistance: refusal to acknowledge Paul's authority carries judgment. The wordplay (agnoeó—ignore/not know) is intentional: those who will not know Paul's teaching will not be known (recognized, validated).
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:38
“But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.” And wherefore did he add this? Intimating that he is not using violence nor contention, which is a sign of them who wish not to set up their own things, but aim at what is profitable to others. Wherefore also in another place he says, “But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom.” 1 Corinthians 11:16 But he does not this everywhere, but only where the offenses are not very great, and then rather as putting…
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