2 Corinthians 12:20

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2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

1 Corinthians 1:11

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

1 Peter 2:1

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Psalm 41:7

All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.

Proverbs 16:28

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

1 Corinthians 3:3-4

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

1 Corinthians 4:6-8

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.

1 Corinthians 4:18-21

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 5:3-5

For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.

1 Corinthians 6:7-8

Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Corinthians 11:16-19

But if anyone wants to argue about this, we have no other custom, nor do the churches of God.

1 Corinthians 14:33

since God is not a God of disorder but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints,

1 Corinthians 14:36-37

Did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

2 Corinthians 1:23-4

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 10:2

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.

2 Corinthians 10:6

And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.

2 Corinthians 10:8-9

For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I fear that when I come my God will again humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented of the moral impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity they practiced.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,

2 Corinthians 13:9-10

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

Galatians 5:26

We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Ephesians 4:31-32

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

James 4:1-5

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Jude 1:16

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

2 Corinthians 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:

I shall not

2 Corinthians 12:21

2 Corinthians 13:9

And that

Debates

Whisperings

Psalm 41:7

Proverbs 16:28

Romans 1:29

Swellings

2 Peter 2:18

Jude 1:16

General references

2 Corinthians 13:6

Galatians 5:15

Bible References

I shall not

In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.

And that

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,

Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.

For though I am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.

Debates

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife

among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?