2 Corinthians 12:20-21

12:20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.


tn Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.

tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.

tn Or “intense anger, hostility.”

tn The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text from v. 20, but are needed for clarity.

tn Or “I will mourn over.”