¹⁸ Some of you have become arrogant, thinking I will not visit you again.

² You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.

⁶ Dear brothers and sisters,^[a] I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures,^[b] you won’t be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another. ⁷ For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

⁸ You think you already have everything you need. You think you are already rich. You have begun to reign in God’s kingdom without us! I wish you really were reigning already, for then we would be reigning with you.

²¹ Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?