Jam 4:16 | RWP | e4.org | In your vauntings ( εν ταις αλαζονιαις υμων ). Old word for braggart talk (from αλαζονευομα , to act the αλαζων empty boaster ), common in Aristophanes, in N.T. only here and . Glorying ( καυχησις ). Act of glorying, late word from καυχαομα , good if for Christ ( ), bad if for self as here.

‏ James 4:16

In your vauntings ( εν ταις αλαζονιαις υμων ). Old word for braggart talk (from αλαζονευομα, to act the αλαζων empty boaster Ro 1:30), common in Aristophanes, in N.T. only here and 1Jo 2:16.

Glorying ( καυχησις ). Act of glorying, late word from καυχαομα, good if for Christ (1Th 2:19), bad if for self as here.