1 Corinthians 4:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 4:6-8 : 6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other. 7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not? 8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
  • 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

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    19But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.

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    21I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

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    13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

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    17For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

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    21What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

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