Now some are puffed up. They are puffed up with vain confidence; they say that I would not dare to come, that I would be afraid to appear …

Now some are puffed up.—Some of those in Corinth who were puffed up used to say that the Apostle would not come to visit the Corinthian Ch…

Now concerning his own proposed trip to Corinth, Paul addresses some in the church who had acted arrogantly as though he were not going to come and…

As though I would not come to you—this is the custom of the false apostles: to take advantage of the absence of the good, so that they may…

Now some are puffed up
Some with their gifts, learning, and eloquence, and with the high station they were in, in th…

In reproving sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn are likely to reform.

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After censuring the Corinthians for rashly judging and presumptuously despising the apostles, the Apostle now begins to correct them. He does this …