When I come again (παλιν ελθοντος μου). Genitive absolute. Paul assumes it as true.

Lest my God humble me …

And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me, etc. Lest I should be compelled to inflict punishment on those whom I supposed to have…

And lest when I come again . . .—The words do not imply more than one previous visit (Acts 18:1), but it can scarcely be said …

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

Lest, when I come, my God should humble me. His humiliation was considered his fault. He throws the blame for it back upon the Corinthians…

And lest when I come again
Another thing which he feared would be the case when he came again to them, that he himself should …

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…