Arrogantly disrespectful; the bearing of those who treat sacred things and sacred persons with brash contempt. Romans 1:30 (ESV) lists insolent among the manifestations of the depraved mind God gives over to its desires: slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil. The Greek hybristes (from which English hubris) names the disposition of one who exceeds proper bounds in his treatment of others — arrogance translated into action, often expressed in mockery, contempt, or physical aggression. Paul applies the term to his own pre-conversion self: Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious [hybristes] (1 Tim 1:13). The transformation from insolent persecutor to humble servant testifies to the gospel's power. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 lists insolence (in some translations) among the marks of last-days behavior. The Christian response to insolence is not insolence-in-return but the bearing of Christ, who when reviled reviled not again.