免得我似乎藉着信去嚇唬你們。

我说这话，免得你们以为我写信是要威吓你们；

我说这话，免得你们以为我写信是要恐吓你们。

我说这话，免得你们以为我写信是要恐吓你们。

我不想你们认为我写信是要威吓你们。

不要以为我写信是用来吓你们。

我不愿看起来像是在用书信恐吓你们。

我說這話，免得你們以為我寫信是要威嚇你們；

我說這話，免得你們以為我寫信是要恐嚇你們。

我說這話，免得你們以為我寫信是要恐嚇你們。

我不想你們認為我寫信是要威嚇你們。

不要以為我寫信是用來嚇你們。

我不願看起來像是在用書信恐嚇你們。

我言此、免似以書驚爾、

蓋余不欲以書驚爾、

我言此、免爾曹以為我寄書驚爾、

予作此言、庶免書面威脅之嫌。

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.

Don’t think that I’m trying to scare you with my letters.

I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.

I’m not trying to frighten you by my letters.

I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.

for I do not want to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

lest I seem to terrify you by letters.

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

因為有人說：「論他的書信倒有重量有魄力；及至身臨面對、卻是軟弱無力，說話又平淡可鄙」。

其實主若有這旨意，我就會趕快去的；並且我所要知道的、並不是那些自吹自大之人的話語，而是他們的能力。因為上帝的國、並不在乎話語，乃在乎能力。你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢？還是帶着愛與柔和之心靈呢？

所以定時未到以前、甚麼都不要論斷了；只等主來，他不但要照明暗中的隱密事，也要顯露人心中的計謀；那時應得的稱讚、自會由上帝分給各人了。