1Cor 14:38 | JFB | STEP | 38. if any man be ignorant-- wilfully; not wishing to recognize these ordinances and my apostolic authority in enjoining them. let him be ignorant-- I leave him to his ignorance: it will be at his own peril; I feel it a waste of words to speak anything further to convince him. An argument likely to have weight with the Corinthians, who admired "knowledge" so much.

‏ 1 Corinthians 14:38

38. if any man be ignorant--wilfully; not wishing to recognize these ordinances and my apostolic authority in enjoining them.

let him be ignorant--I leave him to his ignorance: it will be at his own peril; I feel it a waste of words to speak anything further to convince him. An argument likely to have weight with the Corinthians, who admired "knowledge" so much.