James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings Better, ye exult in your vain glories. If the words were not too familiar, ye glory in your braggings would, perhaps, be a still nearer equivalent. The noun is found in 1 John 2:16 ("the prideof life"), and not elsewhere in the New Testament. It is defined by Aristotle (Eth. Nicom. iv. 13) as the character of the man who lays claim to what will bring him credit when the claim is either altogether false or grossly exaggerated. He contrasts it with the "irony" which deliberately, with good or bad motive, understates its claims. The "now" is more or less emphatic, = "as things are."