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 (2 Corinthians 1:15). He will not change his plans now. This looks as if he had only been once (that in 2 Corinthians 12:18). Note the third use of καταναρκαω (2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 12:14). 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 1 Corinthians 16:2 (Matthew 6:19-21; James 5:3).

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Old Testament