2 Corinthians 12:20

King James Version (KJV)

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:

Translations

2 Corinthians 12:20 - Amplified Bible

For I am fearful that somehow or other I may come and find you not as I desire to find you, and that you may find me too not as you want to find me--that perhaps there may be factions (quarreling), jealousy, temper (wrath, intrigues, rivalry, divided loyalties), selfishness, whispering, gossip, arrogance (self-assertion), and disorder among you.

2 Corinthians 12:20 - American Standard Version

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;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - Bible in Basic English

For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - Darby Bible

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest [there might be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - English Standard Version

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.

2 Corinthians 12:20 - King James Version

2 Corinthians 12:20 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque temo que quizá cuando yo vaya, halle que no sois lo que deseo, y yo sea hallado por vosotros que no soy lo que deseáis; que quizá haya pleitos, celos, enojos, rivalidades, difamaciones, chismes, arrogancia, desòrdenes;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - The Message

I do admit that I have fears that when I come you’ll disappoint me and I’ll disappoint you, and in frustration with each other everything will fall to pieces—quarrels, jealousy, flaring tempers, taking sides, angry words, vicious rumors, swelled heads, and general bedlam. I don’t look forward to a second humiliation by God among you, compounded by hot tears over that crowd that keeps sinning over and over in the same old ways, who refuse to turn away from the pigsty of evil, sexual disorder, and indecency in which they wallow.

2 Corinthians 12:20 - New American Standard Bible

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, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Porque temo que quizá cuando yo vaya, halle que no son lo que deseo, y yo sea hallado por ustedes que no soy lo que desean. Que quizá haya pleitos, celos, enojos, rivalidades, difamaciones, chismes, arrogancia, desòrdenes.

2 Corinthians 12:20 - World English Bible

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, riots;

2 Corinthians 12:20 - Young's Living Translation

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

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