2 Corinthians 12:20

φοβοῦμαι γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: for I fear lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not, i.e., indignant to severity at their backsliding (cf. 2 Corinthians 10:2), lest by any means there should be strife (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Corinthians 3:3), jealousy, ragings (this seems to be the force of the plur. θυμοί; cf. Wis 7:20), factions (ἐριθεῖα is derived from ἔρῑθος, a hired labourer, and signifies a mercenary cabal), backbitings, whisperings (i.e., open and secret defamation of character), swellings, i.e., insolences, tumults (see on 2 Corinthians 6:5). Cf. James 3:16, ὅπου γὰρ ζῆλος καὶ ἐριθεία, ἐκεῖ ἀκαταστασία.