1 Corinthians 4:18

4:18 Some have become arrogant, ¹  as if I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 5:2

5:2 And you are proud! ²  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ³  from among you?

1 Corinthians 5:6

5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast ⁴  affects ⁵  the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 13:4

13:4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Isaiah 5:21

5:21 Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, ⁶ 

those who think they possess understanding. ⁷ 

Isaiah 47:10

47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; ⁸ 

you thought, ⁹  ‘No one sees me.’

Your self-professed ¹⁰  wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,

when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ ¹¹ 

Romans 11:25

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ¹²  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ¹³  until the full number ¹⁴  of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ¹⁵  Do not be conceited. ¹⁶ 

Romans 14:3

14:3 The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

Romans 14:10

14:10 But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? ¹⁷  And you who eat everything – why do you despise your brother or sister? ¹⁸  For we will all stand before the judgment seat ¹⁹  of God.

[4:18]  ¹ tn Grk “puffed up”; “inflated.”

[5:2]  ² tn Or “are puffed up/arrogant,” the same verb occurring in 4:6, 18.

[5:2]  ³ tn Grk “sorrowful, so that the one who did this might be removed.”

[5:6]  ⁴ sn In this passage (5:6-8) yeast represents the presence of evil within the church, specifically the immoral person described in 5:1-5 and mentioned again in 5:13.

[5:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “a little yeast leavens.”

[5:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “Woe [to] the wise in their own eyes.” See the note at v. 8.

[5:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “[who] before their faces are understanding.”

[47:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”

[47:10]  ⁹ tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”

[47:10]  ¹⁰ tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[47:10]  ¹¹ tn See the note at v. 8.

[11:25]  ¹² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[11:25]  ¹³ tn Or “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”

[11:25]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “fullness.”

[12:16]  ¹⁵ tn Or “but give yourselves to menial tasks.” The translation depends on whether one takes the adjective “lowly” as masculine or neuter.

[12:16]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “Do not be wise in your thinking.”

[14:10]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “But why do you judge your brother?” The introductory phrase has been supplied in the translation to clarify whom Paul is addressing, i.e., the “weak” Christian who eats only vegetables (see vv. 2-3). The author uses the singular pronoun here to rhetorically address one person, but the plural has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:10]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “Or again, why do you despise your brother?” The introductory phrase has been supplied in the translation to clarify whom Paul is addressing, i.e., the “strong” Christian who eats everything (see vv. 2-3). The author uses the singular pronoun here to rhetorically address one person, but the plural has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:10]  ¹⁹ sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a familiar item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city.