1 Corinthians 4:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

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

¹⁹ But I will come to you [and] shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will perceive and understand not what the talk of these puffed up and arrogant spirits amount to, but their force (^[a]the moral power and excellence of soul they really possess).

²⁰ For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power (^[b]moral power and excellence of soul).