14:38 be ignorant. The intent here is to tell the Corinthian church (and, by extension, any other true church) that if any of its leaders refused to recognize the inerrant authority of the Pauline epistles (or, presumably, of any other Scriptures—note what Paul affirmed in II Timothy 3:16-17 and Galatians 1:8-12), then he should be regarded as “ignorant” of God’s will, and no longer regarded as a leader.