21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.



Ver. 21. That have not repented] Impenitence maketh sin mortal, saith St John, 1Jn_5:16, or rather immortal, as saith St Paul, Rom_2:5. It is not the falling into the water that drowns, but lying in it. God’s people may sink once and again to the bottom, but the third time they rise and recover by repentance.