2Cor 12:14 | RWP | e4.org | 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 ( .). He will not change his plans now. This looks as if he had only been once (that in ). Note the third use of καταναρκαω ( ; , ). 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 ( ; ).

‏ 2 Corinthians 12:14

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).