2 CORINTHIANS 12:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.”
I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged — Paul's *deepest fear*: he must arrive as *apokatastasis*, restorer of order, *shaming* the *unrepentant*. *Akatharsia*, impurity; *porneia*, sexual immorality; *aselgeia*, debauchery — *carnal sins* still *ravage* the community. *Metanoia*, repentance, has not come.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:21
And “lest when I come again, my God should humble me among you.” And the word “again,” too, is as smiting them. For he means, 'What happened before is enough;' as he said also in the beginning [of the Epistle], “to spare you, I came not as yet to Corinth.” Chap. 1:18, 23 Do you see how he shows both indignation and tender affection? But what means, “will humble me?” And yet this is glorious rather, to accuse, to take vengeance, to call to account, to be seated in the place…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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