1 Corintios 4:18

18 Ahora bien, algunos de ustedes se han vuelto presuntuosos, pensando que no iré a verlos.

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, les ruego que sigan mi ejemplo.

17 Con este propósito les envié a Timoteo, mi amado y fiel hijo en el Señor. Él les recordará mi manera de comportarme en Cristo Jesús, como enseño por todas partes y en todas las iglesias.

18 Ahora bien, algunos de ustedes se han vuelto presuntuosos, pensando que no iré a verlos.

19 Lo cierto es que, si Dios quiere, iré a visitarlos muy pronto, y ya veremos no solo cómo hablan sino cuánto poder tienen esos presumidos.

20 Porque el reino de Dios no es cuestión de palabras sino de poder.