2 Corinthians 12:20; For I Fear, Lest When I Come
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:
In prayer and writing the Apostle Paul’s thought for the well-being of the Corinthian church. He sought that they would be delivered from the enemies of the gospel. He had prayed that God’s protection and peace prevailed before his visit. It would saddened his heart to see strife, wrath – hatred, rivalry, evil speech – slander, gossipping – tale-bearing and whispering, arrogance, disorder. It was his prayer that his letter will awakened the Corinthian church to their perils and sought that they would be led by the Spirit to do the will of God.