1 Corinthians 4:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁸ Now some of you have become arrogant, thinking that I would not [dare to] come to you.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Some of you have become conceited and arrogant and pretentious, counting on my not coming to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Some have become arrogant as if I’m not coming to see you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Certain persons have become inflated in thinking that I would not return to you.

1 Corinthians 4:18 Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:21

Which do you [really] want? Shall I come to you with a rod [of discipline], or lovingly, and with a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are arrogant [about it] instead [of being ashamed] Should you not be grieved to the point of removing from your fellowship the person who has done this [terrible] deed?

2 Corinthians 10:2

I make this request so that I do not [have to] be bold when I am present [with you], and feel compelled to speak in an authoritative tone to some people [there] who think we are living by worldly standards.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that somehow, when I come [to you], I might not find you the way I want you to be, and you might not find me the way you want me to be. I am afraid there might be quarrelling, jealousy, angry outbursts, factious spirits, slander, gossip, arrogance and [other] disturbances [there].