2 Corinthians 12:20 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Corinthians 12:20

18 I urged Titus, and sent our ^abrother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

19 ^aAgain,¹ do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? ^bWe speak before God in Christ. ^cBut we do all things, beloved, for your edification.

20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that ^aI shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

21 lest, when I come again, my God ^awill humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many ^bwho have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, ^cfornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

Commentaries:

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2 Corinthians 12:20

For—Assigning cause why they needed to be thus spoken to "for their edification"; namely, his fear that at his coming he should find them "not such as he would," and so he should be found by them "such as they would not" like, namely, severe in punishing misconduct.

debates—Greek, "strifes," "contentions."

envyings—The oldest manuscripts read "envying," singular.

strifes—"factions," "intrigues," "factious schemes" [WAHL]. Ambitious self-seeking; from a Greek root, "to work for hire."

backbitings, whisperings—open "slanderings," and "whispering backbitings" (Galatians 5:20).

swellings—arrogant elation; puffing up of yourselves. Judges 1:16, "great swelling words" (II Peter 2:18).

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