1 Corinthians 4:18

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

Puffed up. Paul says in effect, “Because I have been delayed in my plans to visit you, some of you are inflated with pride, believing that I dare not come to Corinth. You no doubt feel that your declaration of allegiance to other leaders has made me afraid, and that all I will do is write letters of rebuke and warning.” The fact that he sent Timothy, and Titus (see 2 Cor. 7:6, 7, 14, 15), to Corinth may have influenced his enemies to believe that he himself was afraid to venture among them.