καὶ ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἔχοντες κ. τ. λ.: and being in readiness (cf. ἑτοίμως ἔχω chap. 2 Corinthians 12:14) to avenge all disobedience (cf. Matthew 18:17), sc., if there remain any still disobedient, when your obedience, i.e., to me and to my Apostolic authority (cf. 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 7:15), shall be fulfilled. The word ὑπακοή in 2 Corinthians 10:5 brings him back to this, the primary object of his letter. He does not wish to arrive in Corinth until the Church as a whole is firm in its loyalty to him.

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