Catholic Public Domain Version
"Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you. "
— 1 Corinthians 4:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.”
“Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. ”
“Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.”
“Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.”
“As if I would not come to you, so some are puffed up.”
“Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.”
“Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.”
For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
For this reason, I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest son, and who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways, which are in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere, in every church.
Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.
But I will return to you soon, if the Lord is willing. And I will consider, not the words of those who are inflated, but the virtue.
For the kingdom of God is not in words, but in virtue.
What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?