2Cor 12:13-14 | RWP | e4.org | Wherein ye were made inferior ( ο ησσωθητε ). First aorist passive indicative of ησσοομα , the text of Aleph B D instead of the usual ηττηθητε from the common ητταομα to be inferior or less from the comparative ηττων . See ησσων in verse . Hο is the neuter accusative with the passive verb (Robertson, Grammar , p. 479). Forgive me this wrong ( χαρισασθε μο την αδικιαν ταυτην ). Consummate irony to the stingy element in this church (cf. ).

‏ 2 Corinthians 12:13-14

Wherein ye were made inferior ( ο ησσωθητε ). First aorist passive indicative of ησσοομα, the text of Aleph B D instead of the usual ηττηθητε from the common ητταομα to be inferior or less from the comparative ηττων. See ησσων in verse 15. Hο is the neuter accusative with the passive verb (Robertson, Grammar, p. 479).

Forgive me this wrong ( χαρισασθε μο την αδικιαν ταυτην ). Consummate irony to the stingy element in this church (cf. 11:9).

Third time I am ready to come ( τριτον τουτο ετοιμως εχω ). Had he been already twice or only once? He had changed his plans once when he did not go (1:15f.). He will not change his plans now. This looks as if he had only been once (that in Ac 18). Note the third use of καταναρκαω (11:9; 12:13, 14). They need not be apprehensive. He will be as financially independent of them as before. "I shall not sponge on you."

Not yours, but you ( ου τα υμων, αλλα υμας ). The motto of every real preacher.

To lay up ( θησαυριζειν ). For this use of the verb see 1Co 16:2 (Mt 6:19-21; Jas 5:3).