Puffed up] Some of the Corinthian converts conceived themselves so 'wise' as to be able to despise St. Paul's authority. Their opposition developed later on, and drew from St. Paul the 'severe' letter which we have in 2 Corinthians 10-13. See Intro. 2 Cor. As though I would not come] RV 'as though I were not coming.' They seem to have thought that as he had remained so long in Ephesus he would not return to Corinth.

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