Only here in the New Testament. See on χρηστὸς, A.V., easy, Mat 11:30, and see on χρηστότης good, Rom 3:12.
“The high charity which makes us servants
Prompt to the counsel which controls the world.”
Dante, “Paradiso,” xxi., 70, 71.
Vaunteth (περπερεύεται)
From πέρπερος a braggart. Used of one who sounds his own praises. Cicero introduces a compound of the word in one of his letters to Atticus, describing his speech in the presence of Pompey, who had just addressed the senate on his return from the Mithridatic war. He says: “Heavens! How I showed off (ἐνεπερπερευσάμην) before my new auditor Pompey,” and describes the various rhetorical tricks which he employed.
Puffed up (φυσιοῦται)
See on 1Co 4:6, and compare 1Co 8:1. Of inward disposition, as the previous word denotes outward display. The opposite is put by Dante: