Alazoneia denotes boastful self-assertion, portrayed as worldly and condemned in arrogant claims.

The two occurrences portray alazoneia as boastful self-assertion: in 1 John 2:16 it is included among what is “in the world,” and in James 4:16 it is the kind of boastful claim judged evil.

1. Boastful self-assertion · dominant

   The singular nominative form in 1 John 2:16 appears in a list of what is “in the world”; the APB renders that list with “the boasting of life.” The plural dative form in James 4:16 occurs with boasting in arrogant claims, and the APB concludes, “All such boasting is evil.”

   1 John 2:16James 4:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clause as “the boasting of life” in 1 John 2:16 and speaks of boasting in “arrogant claims” in James 4:16. These renderings confirm the verses' portrayal without isolating every English word to the lemma.