Puffed-up, inflated attitudes; conceits.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, SWELLINGS, tumults. ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 Luke 12:20 )

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