Verse 21
Moreover he feared that he might suffer humiliation over their failure to repent of the attitude that had embarrassed him on his former painful visit. This situation would cause Paul to mourn over those in the church who had not repented of their former sins. The sins mentioned seem to have been unrelated to Paul’s critics, though the critics may have practiced them as well. Paul’s concern here seems to have been mainly the ungodly conduct that had marked the Christians in Corinth since the founding of their church. [Note: See René A. López, "A Study of Pauline Passages with Vice Lists," Bibliotheca Sacra 168:671 (July-September 2011):301-16.]
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