蓋吾深恐爾我相見之時、爾不能副我之望、我亦不能副爾之望；又恐爾中有鬥爭、嫉妒、忿怒、樹黨、誹謗、隱刺、傲慢、紛亂等事；

我怕我再来的时候，见你们不合我所想望的，你们见我也不合你们所想望的；又怕有纷争、嫉妒、恼怒、结党、毁谤、谗言、狂傲、混乱的事。

我怕我再来的时候，见你们不合我所期望的，而你们见我也不合你们所期望的。我怕有纷争、嫉妒、愤怒、自私、毁谤、谗言、狂傲、动乱的事。

我怕我再来的时候，见你们不合我所期望的，而你们见我也不合你们所期望的。我怕有纷争、嫉妒、愤怒、自私、毁谤、谗言、狂傲、动乱的事。

因为我怕到你们那里的时候，我对你们的期望会落空，而你们对我也大失所望。我怕你们当中有纷争、嫉妒、恼怒、仇恨、毁谤、闲话、狂傲和混乱。

我怕我来的时候，见你们不如我所想的，你们见我也不如你们所想的。又怕有纷争、嫉妒、恼怒、自私、毁谤、谗言、狂傲、混乱的事。

其实我担心，恐怕我来到的时候会发现你们不像我所希望的那样，而你们发现我也不像你们所希望的那样；又恐怕有纷争、嫉妒、暴怒、争竞、诽谤、谗言、自大和混乱；

我怕我再來的時候，見你們不合我所想望的，你們見我也不合你們所想望的；又怕有紛爭、嫉妒、惱怒、結黨、毀謗、讒言、狂傲、混亂的事。

我怕我再來的時候，見你們不合我所期望的，而你們見我也不合你們所期望的。我怕有紛爭、嫉妒、憤怒、自私、毀謗、讒言、狂傲、動亂的事。

我怕我再來的時候，見你們不合我所期望的，而你們見我也不合你們所期望的。我怕有紛爭、嫉妒、憤怒、自私、毀謗、讒言、狂傲、動亂的事。

因為我怕到你們那裡的時候，我對你們的期望會落空，而你們對我也大失所望。我怕你們當中有紛爭、嫉妒、惱怒、仇恨、毀謗、閒話、狂傲和混亂。

我怕我來的時候，見你們不如我所想的，你們見我也不如你們所想的。又怕有紛爭、嫉妒、惱怒、自私、毀謗、讒言、狂傲、混亂的事。

我只怕我到你們那裏去的時候、見你們不合於我所想要的，而你們也見我不合於你們所想要的。我怕有紛爭、妒忌、暴怒、營私爭勝、毁謗、打耳喳、自吹自大、擾亂、等事。

其實我擔心，恐怕我來到的時候會發現你們不像我所希望的那樣，而你們發現我也不像你們所希望的那樣；又恐怕有紛爭、嫉妒、暴怒、爭競、誹謗、讒言、自大和混亂；

我恐至時、見爾不副我所望、而爾見我亦不副爾所望、或有爭鬥、媢嫉、忿怒、朋黨、毀謗、隱刺、妄誇、混亂、

余恐至時、爾不能副我所望、我不能副爾所望、恐有爭鬥、媢嫉、忿怒、朋黨、毀謗、隱刺、妄誇、混亂、

我恐來時、見爾不如我所望者、爾見我亦不如爾所望者、又恐爾中有分爭、媢嫉、忿怒、結黨、毀謗、隱刺、狂傲、混亂、

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

I’m afraid that when I come I won’t find you as I want you to be. I’m afraid that you won’t find me as you want me to be. I’m afraid there will be arguing, jealousy and fits of anger. I’m afraid each of you will focus only on getting ahead. Then you will tell lies about each other. You will talk about each other. I’m afraid you will be proud and cause trouble.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish— that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

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; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and[ that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest[ there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

淫邪貪狠、不義充身、乃至鬥殺成性、嫉妒為心、詭詐險毒、

頃革來氏之家人來為予言、兄弟中頗有意氣之爭。

是宜痛絕一切惡意、欺詐、虛偽忮心、譖謗、

若不此之務、而彼此相噬相吞、其不同歸於盡也幾希。

甘言慰問。惟誑惟訛。當面戚戚。轉背呵呵。

若能以吾之弱、證爾之強；此正吾之所樂也。蓋吾所為馨香禱祝者欲見爾曹之成完人耳。吾在與爾相暌之時、書此種切、庶幾與爾相晤時、無庸秉持主所授我之大權、以懲惡徒、而盡吾之職責、則幸甚矣！蓋此大權所以輔人成德、非所以致人傾毀也。

吾之所以不惜以自己及亞波羅為例、而為此諄諄告誡者、乃為兄弟之益也。務望爾等以吾儕為則、謹守經訓、不可驕矜自慢、而抱出奴入主之態度。夫爾之優越、孰令致之？爾所有之一切、何一而非受之於主耶？既有所受、又安得自誇其所有、一若未之受耶？今爾等已饜足矣、爾等已富裕矣、駸駸乎將捨吾儕而獨立稱王矣。然吾固願爾等之真能為王、而使我輩亦得彈冠相慶、揚眉吐氣也！

吾呼天主為證、吾之所以未來格林多者、乃為爾等着想、不欲予爾等以難堪耳。吾儕非欲統制爾曹之信德、實欲圓成爾曹之神樂、蓋爾曹之立實憑信德。然吾意已定、下次決不願與爾等以憂戚相見。吾苟使爾等憂戚、又誰能使我歡樂？豈吾所使憂戚之人、轉能令吾歡樂耶？此點吾在前書中亦曾提及、以免吾來之時、應使我歡欣鼓舞者、反貽我以憂戚耳。且吾固深信爾等莫不以吾之樂為樂也。吾作前書時、淚眼洗面、心中不知有多少憂慮苦悶、非欲使爾等憂戚、乃欲使爾等知我之如何赤忱相愛耳。

應知天主非紊亂之主、乃和平之主也。

爾中有人、近頗言大而誇、一若我無再來爾處之可能也者。然主若許者我最近必來就爾。其時我所欲知者、非誇者之言、乃欲一測其實際之品德；蓋天主之國、在德不在言也、然則爾果何擇：欲予佩教方而來乎？抑懷慈愛與和氣而來乎？

又有進者、兄弟間有爭訟之事、已屬不是；孰若甘心抱屈、犯而不校之為善乎？而爾等竟侮人欺人且侵及兄弟、

夫情慾之事、亦顯而易見也；凡姦非污濁、淫蕩奢侈、拜偶像、行巫術、仇恨爭競、好勝忿怒朋比釁隙、迷惑異端、嫉妒殘殺、沉醉荒宴等類皆是。吾夙已言之、今復鄭重相告、凡行此等事者、必不得承受天主之國也。

凡怨恨忿怒、諠鬧毀謗、以及一切惡意、皆爾所應痛絕。彼此當以忠厚相待、慈悲為懷、互相寬恕、亦如天主之因基督而寬恕於爾也。

若爾心中尚存忌刻好勝之意、則勿自誇為智、以欺真理。此之為智、非自上來、乃出自世俗、血氣與魔鬼耳。蓋一有忌刻好勝之心、則必啟爭端、而生紛亂、放僻邪侈、無不為已。

吾身雖在遠方、心則與爾等相俱；於此亂倫之人、予已判其罪矣。爾等奉耶穌基督名義召集會議、吾之神魂亦必參加斯會；吾人托吾主耶穌之權能、將此人交付於沙殫之手、以毀其肉身庶幾彼之靈魂、或可蒙救恩於主之大日。

蓋依然未脫本性也。爾中一日有相妒相爭之事、即一日未克進於超性之境、而脫盡世俗之習。甲云：『我乃葆樂之人、』乙云、『我乃亞波羅之人、』此非世俗人之所為乎？

爾中一切鬥爭紛擾、果何由而起？非由爾之情慾交戰於內乎？爾貪而不得、乃行兇殺；妒而不獲乃起爭奪。爾之所以不得者、以爾不求也；求而不得者、以爾求之不以其道、蓋爾所求者、徒為縱情恣慾而已嗚呼、爾亦不淑也已！豈不知與世為友、即與天主為仇乎？閹然媚世者、不能取悅於天主矣。經云：『寓我心中之聖神、愛我情深、不容我別有所戀；』爾以此語為虛發乎。

不可復貪虛榮、以致互相鬥爭、互相妒忌矣。

吾雖稍誇吾儕之權力、亦不致有愧；惟此權力、係主所授以輔爾成立、非以致爾傾毀也。予作此言、庶免書面威脅之嫌。

予今求爾毋使我晤爾時、不得不勇於敢為、用懲以凡夫俗子視吾者。

若有持異議者、吾將應之曰、吾人無此習慣、天主教會中亦無此習慣也。爾中尚有一事、予實未敢恭維；以爾等聚會、非惟無益、且有損焉。聞爾等聚會時、彼此之間、分別黨派、議論紛紜。我亦略信此言；蓋分派立異之事、在所不免；偽者既起、則真者彌著矣。

此輩怨天尤人、牢騷滿腹、所行惟殉私欲、所言皆屬荒誕、阿諛諂媚、惟利是圖。

一俟爾曹之順服臻於純熟之境、吾儕即將懲罰一切悖逆抗命之徒矣。

更恐吾來時、天主令我汗顏無地、蓋一見諸犯奸邪淫亂之徒、尚未幡然悔改、吾能不為之號咷大哭乎哉？

蓋斯輩大言不慚、提倡邪淫；凡初脫惡習者、鮮不受惑；

夫天主之道、豈自爾中發源乎？抑僅傳至爾處乎？倘有人自以為先知、或富於靈賦、則應知吾茲所書者、乃為主之命令也。

曩者與爾晤時、予曾告諸犯罪者及其他同人、予若重來、決不有所優容。今方暌隔、亦欲一申舊命、莫謂言之不預也。