Puffed up
From the Greek physioō — to inflate or puff up, the word behind “knowledge puffs up” (1 Corinthians 8:1). The image is leaven: what puffs up a lump is leaven — tying intellectual pride directly to leaven as knowledge held without love.
From the Greek physioō — to inflate or puff up, the word behind “knowledge puffs up” (1 Corinthians 8:1). The image is leaven: what puffs up a lump is leaven — tying intellectual pride directly to leaven as knowledge held without love.