1 Corintios 4:18

18 Mas algunos están envanecidos, como si nunca hubiese yo de ir á vosotros.

1 Corintios 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 4:18

Now some are puffed up
Some with their gifts, learning, and eloquence, and with the high station they were in, in the church; believing they should continue therein undisturbed, thinking them selves safe and secure through the absence of the apostle, and which they flattered themselves would always be the case:

as though I would not come to you;
and others that were for Apollos and Cephas against Paul, were puffed up against their fellow members on the same account; hoping they should never see him more, to put them in any other situation than what they were in, by demolishing their factions and parties; and others, as the incestuous person, and those that took encouragement to sin by his example, were also puffed up upon this score, and mourned not over, nor repented of their iniquities, but remained secure and hardened; believing the apostle would never more come among them, to call them to an account for their malpractices.

1 Corintios 4:18 In-Context

16 Por tanto, os ruego que me imitéis.

17 Por lo cual os he enviado á Timoteo, que es mi hijo amado y fiel en el Señor, el cual os amonestará de mis caminos cuáles sean en Cristo, de la manera que enseño en todas partes en todas las iglesias.

18 Mas algunos están envanecidos, como si nunca hubiese yo de ir á vosotros.

19 Empero iré presto á vosotros, si el Señor quisiere; y entenderé, no las palabras de los que andan hinchados, sino la virtud.

20 Porque el reino de Dios no consiste en palabras, sino en virtud.