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Puffeth up (phusioi). From phusioō (present indicative active). See note on 1Co 4:6. Pride may be the result, not edification (oikodomei) which comes from love. Note article (hē) with both gnōsis and agapē, making the contrast sharper. See note on 1Th 5:11 for the verb oikodomeō, to build up. Love is the solution, not knowledge, in all social problems.
That he knoweth anything (egnōkenai ti). Perfect active infinitive in indirect discourse after dokei (condition of first class with ei). So “has acquired knowledge” (cf. 1Co 3:18), has gone to the bottom of the subject.
He knoweth not yet (oupō egnō). Second aorist active indicative, timeless aorist, summary (punctiliar) statement of his ignorance.
As he ought to know (kathōs dei gnōnai). Second aorist active infinitive, ingressive aorist (come to know). Newton’s remark that he was only gathering pebbles on the shore of the ocean of truth is pertinent. The really learned man knows his ignorance of what lies beyond. Shallow knowledge is like the depth of the mud hole, not of the crystal spring.