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2 Corinthians 12

2 Cor. 12:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
, when I come
erchomai (Greek #2064)
middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) ἐλεύθομαι (el-yoo'-thom-ahee), or (active) ἔλθω (el'-tho), which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Pronounce: er'-khom-ahee
again
palin (Greek #3825)
(adverbially) anew, i.e. (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
KJV usage: again.
Pronounce: pal'-in
Origin: probably from the same as 3823 (through the idea of oscillatory repetition)
, my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
will humble
tapeinoo (Greek #5013)
to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart)
KJV usage: abase, bring low, humble (self).
Pronounce: tap-i-no'-o
Origin: from 5011
i me
me (Greek #3165)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my.
Pronounce: meh
Origin: a shorter (and probably originally) form of 1691
among
pros (Greek #4314)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
KJV usage: about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.
Pronounce: pros
Origin: a strengthened form of 4253
you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
that I shall bewail
pentheo (Greek #3996)
to grieve (the feeling or the act)
KJV usage: mourn, (be-)wail.
Pronounce: pen-theh'-o
Origin: from 3997
many
polus (Greek #4183)
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
KJV usage: abundant, + altogether, common, + far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly, while), long, many, much, oft(-en (-times)), plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare 4118, 4119.
Pronounce: pol-oos'
Origin: including the forms from the alternate πολλός
which
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
have sinned already
proamartano (Greek #4258)
to sin previously (to conversion)
KJV usage: sin already, heretofore sin.
Pronounce: pro-am-ar-tan'-o
Origin: from 4253 and 264
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
have
metanoeo (Greek #3340)
to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction)
KJV usage: repent.
Pronounce: met-an-o-eh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 3539
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
repented
metanoeo (Greek #3340)
to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction)
KJV usage: repent.
Pronounce: met-an-o-eh'-o
Origin: from 3326 and 3539
l of
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
the uncleanness
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
akatharsia (Greek #167)
impurity (the quality), physically or morally
KJV usage: uncleanness.
Pronounce: ak-ath-ar-see'-ah
Origin: from 169
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
fornication
porneia (Greek #4202)
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
KJV usage: fornication.
Pronounce: por-ni'-ah
Origin: from 4203
m and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
lasciviousness
aselgeia (Greek #766)
licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
KJV usage: filthy, lasciviousness, wantonness.
Pronounce: as-elg'-i-a
Origin: from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed σελγής (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)
which
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
they have committed
prasso (Greek #4238)
to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from 4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)
KJV usage: commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts.
Pronounce: pras'-so
Origin: a primary verb
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2 Cor. 2:1• 1But I judged this for myself not to come again unto you in grief. (2 Cor. 2:1)
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Rev. 2:21• 21And I gave her space to repent, and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. (Rev. 2:21)
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1 Cor. 5:1• 1Universal report is of fornication among you, and such fornication as [is] not even among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. (1 Cor. 5:1)

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my God.
2 Cor. 12:7• 7And that I should not be uplifted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be uplifted overmuch. (2 Cor. 12:7)
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2 Cor. 8:24• 24The showing forth then of your love and of our boasting for you show forth unto them in the face of the assemblies. (2 Cor. 8:24)
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2 Cor. 9:3‑4• 3Yet I sent the brethren in order that our boasting of you may not be made vain in this respect, that (as I said) ye may be prepared;
 4lest haply, if Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we may be ashamed, that we say not ye, in this confidence. (2 Cor. 9:3‑4)
that I.
2 Cor. 2:1‑4• 1But I judged this for myself not to come again unto you in grief.
 2For if I grieve you, who then [is] he that gladdeneth me, if not he that is grieved by me?
 3And I wrote this very thing, that I might not on coming have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy, having trust in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
 4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye may know the love that I have very abundantly unto you. (2 Cor. 2:1‑4)
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Ex. 32:31•  (Ex. 32:31)
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Deut. 9:15,25•  (Deut. 9:15,25)
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1 Sam. 15:35•  (1 Sam. 15:35)
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Ezra 9:3•  (Ezra 9:3)
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Ezra 10:1•  (Ezra 10:1)
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Psa. 119:136•  (Psa. 119:136)
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Jer. 9:1•  (Jer. 9:1)
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Jer. 13:17•  (Jer. 13:17)
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Luke 9:41‑42• 41And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? bring hither thy son.
 42But as he was yet coming the demon tore him, and dragged him all together. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and gave him back to his father. (Luke 9:41‑42)
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Rom. 9:2• 2that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart, (Rom. 9:2)
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Phil. 3:18‑19• 18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ,
 19whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the belly, and they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:18‑19)
sinned.
2 Cor. 13:2• 2I have foretold and foretell, as if present the second [time] and now absent, to them that have sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare. (2 Cor. 13:2)
and have not.
2 Cor. 2:5‑11• 5But if anyone hath grieved, he hath grieved not me, but in part (that I may not press heavily) all of you.
 6Sufficient to such an one [is] this rebuke, which [is] by the many;
 7so that, on the contrary, ye should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such an one be swallowed up with excessive grief.
 8Wherefore I exhort you to ratify love toward him.
 9For I wrote also for this, and that I might know the proof of you, whether as to all things ye are obedient.
 10But to whom ye forgive anything, I also; for I too, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, [do so] for your sake in Christ's person,
 11that we might not be overreached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Cor. 2:5‑11)
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2 Cor. 7:9‑11• 9Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved but that ye were grieved unto repentance, for ye were grieved according to God that in nothing ye might suffer damage from us.
 10For grief according to God worketh repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the grief of the world worketh out death.
 11For, behold, this very thing that ye were grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought out in you, nay self-clearing, nay indignation, nay fear, nay longing desire, nay zeal, nay avenging! In everything did ye prove yourselves to be pure in the matter. (2 Cor. 7:9‑11)
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2 Cor. 10:6• 6and being ready to avenge every disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled. (2 Cor. 10:6)
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1 Cor. 6:9‑11• 9What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men,
 10nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom.
 11And these things were some of you. But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus [Christ] and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:9‑11)
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Rev. 22:20• 20He that testifieth these things saith, Yea, I am coming quickly. Amen! Come, Lord Jesus. (Rev. 22:20)
uncleanness.
Rom. 13:13• 13As in daylight, let us walk becomingly, not in revels and drunkenness, not in chambering and indecency, not in strife and envy; (Rom. 13:13)
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1 Cor. 5:1,9‑11• 1Universal report is of fornication among you, and such fornication as [is] not even among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
 9I have written to you in the epistle not to mix with fornicators;
 10not absolutely with the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and rapacious or idolatrous, since [in that case] ye must go out of the world.
 11But now I have written to you, if anyone called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or idolatrous, or abusive, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to mix with [him], with such an one not even to eat. (1 Cor. 5:1,9‑11)
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1 Cor. 6:15‑18• 15Know ye not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of Christ, make [them] members of a harlot? Let it not be.
 16What! know ye not that he that is joined to the harlot is one body? For, saith he, the two [shall be] one flesh.
 17But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
 18Flee fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man may Practice is outside the body, but the fornicator sinneth against his own body. (1 Cor. 6:15‑18)
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Gal. 5:19• 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, (Gal. 5:19)
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Eph. 5:5‑6• 5For this ye are aware of, knowing that no fornicator nor unclean nor covetous [person], who is an idolater, hath inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
 6Let no one deceive you by vain words; for on account of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. (Eph. 5:5‑6)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)
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1 Thess. 4:3‑7• 3For this is [the] will of God, your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
 4that each of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
 5not in passion of lust, even as also the Gentiles that know not God;
 6that he should not over-reach and wrong his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger in respect of all these things, even as we told you before and fully testified.
 7For God called us not for uncleanness but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:3‑7)
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Heb. 13:4• 4[Be] marriage in all [things] held in honour, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Heb. 13:4)
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1 Peter 4:2‑3• 2no longer to live the rest of time in flesh to men's lusts but to God's will.
 3For the past time [is] sufficient to have wrought out the will of the Gentiles, walking as ye had done in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revels, carousings, and unhallowed idolatries; (1 Peter 4:2‑3)
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2 Peter 2:10‑14,18• 10and especially those that walk after flesh in lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not speaking railingly of dignities,
 11when angels, being greater in might and power, bring not against them before [the] Lord a railing charge.
 12But these, as irrational animals born by nature for capture and destruction, speaking evil in what things they are ignorant, shall also perish in their corruption,
 13receiving as they shall wages of unrighteousness, accounting [their] ephemeral luxury pleasure; spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their love feasts, feasting with you;
 14having eyes full of an adulteress and without cessation from sin; setting baits for unstable souls; having a heart practiced in covetousness, children of curse;
 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error, (2 Peter 2:10‑14,18)
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Jude 7,23• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire.
 23others save, pulling them out of [the] fire; and others pity with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 7,23)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without {i}are{/i} the dogs and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and every one that loveth and practiceth a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
• "Again" goes with coming, not with "humble," though some prefer giving it to the entire clause. What an expression of love lurks in the Apostle's words! To find saints thus in sin was God humbling him in their presence, not them in his, as it looked as a fact. But he felt as he spoke "in Christ." It was God humbling' him at the evil condition of his saints, and what it rendered necessary. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 12:19-21” by W. Kelly)
• For faith it is that overcomes; and they were overcome with evil, not overcoming it with good. Nature is an important fact for the enemy; but the Holy Spirit lifts above all hindrances, forming, exercising, and strengthening the new life we have in Christ our Lord. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 12:19-21” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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lest my God should humble me as toc you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "amongst you."

W. Kelly Translation

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lest on my coming again my God humble me amonga you, and, bewail many of those that have sinned heretofore and not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and indecency which they committed.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "before."