1st Corinthians Chapter 4 verse 18 Holy Bible
Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
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Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.
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But some have been puffed up, as if I were not coming to you;
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Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
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Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
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And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Are puffed up; rather, were puffed up; at the time that they made these disparaging comparisons of me with others. As though I would not come to you; rather, as though I were not coming to you. St. Paul was on the eve of starting for Macedonia on his way to visit them (1 Corinthians 16:5), but, owing to the grievous state of the Church, he subsequently changed his purpose (2 Corinthians 1:15, 23). When he left them he had promised to return, "if God wilt" (Acts 18:21). His many enemies and critics were likely to say, "He is afraid to come himself, and so he sends Timothy." They flattered themselves that he was alarmed by their culture and intellectualism.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Now some are puffed up.--Some of those in Corinth who were puffed up were in the habit of saying that the Apostle would not come and visit the Corinthian Church. The moment they heard the announcement that he was sending Timothy, they would naturally say, That is a proof of the truth of our assertion. He is afraid to come himself, so he sends Timothy in his stead. "But," says St. Paul, "I will come to you shortly, God willing"--his intention was to remain at Ephesus until after Pentecost (see 1Corinthians 16:8)--"and then I shall take cognisance of spiritual power, and not of empty and boastful words; for that kingdom which Christ founded, and which we, his ambassadors, are establishing, does not consist in mere words, but in spiritual might."
