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2 Corinthians 12:202Cor.12.20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car je crains de ne pas vous trouver, à mon arrivée, tels que je voudrais, et d'être moi-même trouvé par vous tel que vous ne voudriez pas. Je crains de trouver des querelles, de la jalousie, des animosités, des cabales, des médisances, des calomnies, de l'orgueil, des troubles.

KJV

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Patristic reading

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  • Suda

    Suidae lexicon

    52, 31 605 ═ Synt. Gud. 606 ═ P, Ba 269, 30 cf. H 607 cf. Bk. 275, 12; Antiph. 2, 4, 11 608 Ἀποϲτόλῳ 2 Cor. 12, 20 609 — ϲου ═ An. Ox. 4, 295, 9; — γενικῇ ═ Synt. Laur. καθήμενοϲ—κατελάλειϲ Ps. 49, 20; κατελάληϲαν—εἶπον Ps. 77, 19 610 ═ Synt. Laur. cf. Gud. 611 ═ Synt. Laur. 612…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    in, distinct from other sins. On the contrary, Seditions are mentioned as distinct from other sins ( 2 Cor. 12:20 ). I answer that, Sedition is a special sin, having something in common with war and strife, and differing somewhat from them. It has something in common with them, i…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    be said to denote either actual aggression, or the preparation for such aggression. Hence a gloss on 2 Cor. 12:20 says that "seditions are tumults tending to fight," when, to wit, a number of people make preparations with the intention of fighting. Secondly, they differ in that w…

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