[twice], 2, 7, 10, 11). It also occurs in 12:8; 13:2, 8; 14:6; and 15:34. Proportionately, 1 Corinthians uses knowledge more frequently than any other New Testament book except 2 Peter. Sometime after the writing of 1 Corinthians, a religious worldview evolved that was called Gnosticism because of the emphasis it placed on knowledge (Gk. gnōsis). When Paul wrote, this had not fully developed, but we can see in this discussion a hint of what later emerged in its full form. Knowledge possessed by “us”