我實為爾寒心深恐我於爾中所費之心神、皆屬徒勞耳。

我为你们害怕，惟恐我在你们身上是枉费了工夫。

我为你们担心，惟恐我在你们身上是枉费工夫了。

我为你们担心，惟恐我在你们身上是枉费工夫了。

我真担心我在你们身上的一番心血都枉费了！

我为你们担心，恐怕我在你们身上的劳苦是白费了。

我替你们担心，恐怕我为你们的劳苦毫无意义了。

我為你們害怕，惟恐我在你們身上是枉費了工夫。

我為你們擔心，惟恐我在你們身上是枉費工夫了。

我為你們擔心，惟恐我在你們身上是枉費工夫了。

我真擔心我在你們身上的一番心血都枉費了！

我為你們擔心，恐怕我在你們身上的勞苦是白費了。

我替你們害怕，恐怕我在你們身上所勞苦的是枉費了。

我替你們擔心，恐怕我為你們的勞苦毫無意義了。

我為爾懼、恐我為爾徒勞矣、○

我恐為爾徒勞矣、

我為爾懼、恐我為爾徒勞矣、○

I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

I am afraid for you. I am afraid that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.

I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

因此吾迫不及待、儘先遣人探訪、藉欲知爾信德、深恐誘人之物乘間誘爾、則我等之所為孳孳不倦者、盡付東流矣。

蓋蒙天主啟示、乃有此行。至則將予所傳於外邦之福音、自陳於德高望重之同人；庶幾我前後之所奔走努力者、莫為徒勞。

我葆樂剴切告爾、爾如承受割禮、則基督於爾為無益。不寧惟是、凡承受割禮者、即有遵行全部律法之義務。爾既欲求義於律法之中、則與基督絕緣、而自置於恩寵之外矣。

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；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？

恨不得即日與爾把晤、以不同之辭調、而作婉勸。爾中真相究屬如何、吾尚有未盡了然者也。

故望我親愛之兄弟確乎不拔、屹然不動、恆在主之工作中發榮滋長、蔚為大觀；固知爾在主中所有艱辛困苦、不為徒勞耳。

蓋我為天主之故、熱中於爾、甚至有患得患失之情緒。吾既將爾許配良人、固願爾好自保持貞節、克配基督。顧吾所惴焉而懼者、惟恐爾向主之忠心失其淳樸、如夏娃之見誘於譎虺耳。

使惟生之道、因爾益彰。如是則予平生之所為僕僕風塵、不遑寧息者、庶幾不為徒勞、且得揚眉吐氣於基督之日矣。

葆樂一行、以聖神禁其傳道於亞細亞、乃經弗呂家、加拉大、