Lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would (μη πως ελθων ουχ οιους θελω ευρω υμας). An idiomatic constr…

For I fear, lest, when I come (2 Corinthians 12:14).

I shall not find you such as I would. This means he feare…

For I fear, lest, when I come . . .—Something of the old anxiety which had led him to postpone his visit ([Reference 2 Co…

Paul expresses a threefold apprehension that the present letter might not be wholly successful and that the Corinthians, by harboring Judaizing int…

For I fear He declares, in what way it tends to their edification, that his integrity should be vindicated, for, on the ground that he ha…

For I fear lest when I come
This fear arose from his fatherly affection for them, and care of them:

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We owe it to good people to stand up in the defense of their reputation. We are also under special obligations to acknowledge those from whom we ha…

After citing the Corinthians’ failure to do the good things they should have done—a failure for which he rebuked their ingratitude—the author now s…