2 Corinthians 12:21 — text, Greek, lexicon

2 Corinthians 12:212Cor.12.21

[And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

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Greek original

μὴ πάλιν ἐλθόντος μου ταπεινώσῃ με ὁ θεός μου πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ πενθήσω πολλοὺς τῶν προημαρτηκότων καὶ μὴ μετανοησάντων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ πορνείᾳ καὶ ἀσελγείᾳ ᾗ ἔπραξαν

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je crains qu'à mon arrivée mon Dieu ne m'humilie de nouveau à votre sujet, et que je n'aie à pleurer sur plusieurs de ceux qui ont péché précédemment et qui ne se sont pas repentis de l'impureté, de l'impudicité et des dissolutions auxquelles ils se sont livrés.

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