Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
The verse belongs to the first preserved letter to Corinth, written in A.D. 57 to meet creeping false philosophy, to correct division into factions, to point out heathen sins entering the church, and to emphasize the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Together with chapter 3, chapter 4 reproves the worship of men and shows that Jesus Christ is the only foundation on which character and the church can be built. Paul had purposed to visit the church at Corinth and had informed them of it, but afterward for sufficient reason he changed his plan and did not visit them at the time he first intended.
Some at Corinth were proud of their own attainments and were puffed up over his not coming, acting as though he would not come to them. Moved by pride and jealousy, they used the change of plan to challenge his apostleship and hinder his work, charging that he was not to be trusted but was fickle and changeable in mind. They valued outward appearance rather than the heart, and some remained hostile even after he exposed their errors.
The verse belongs to the first preserved letter to Corinth, written in A.D. 57 to meet creeping false philosophy, to correct division into factions, to point out heathen sins entering the church, and to emphasize the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Together with chapter 3, chapter 4 reproves the worship of men and shows that Jesus Christ is the only foundation on which character and the church can be built. Paul had purposed to visit the church at Corinth and had informed them of it, but afterward for sufficient reason he changed his plan and did not visit them at the time he first intended.
Some at Corinth were proud of their own attainments and were puffed up over his not coming, acting as though he would not come to them. Moved by pride and jealousy, they used the change of plan to challenge his apostleship and hinder his work, charging that he was not to be trusted but was fickle and changeable in mind. They valued outward appearance rather than the heart, and some remained hostile even after he exposed their errors.