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When I come again (palin elthontos mou). Genitive absolute. Paul assumes it as true.
Lest my God humble me (mē tapeinōsēi me ho theos mou). Negative final clause (mē and first aorist active subjunctive), going back to phoboumai in 2Co 12:20. He means a public humiliation as his fear. The conduct of the church had been a real humiliation whether he refers to a previous visit or not.
That have sinned heretofore (tōn proēmartēkotōn). Genitive plural of the articular perfect active participle of proamartanō to emphasize continuance of their sinful state as opposed to mē metanoēsantōn (did not repent) in the aorist tense.