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.
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21I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.
19Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.
4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.
9I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
10Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
11I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!
17The Lord’s Supper Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
18Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power.
3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.
3for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
10Divisions in the Church I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
11For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.
15Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
16The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
20I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.
10Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing– the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!
13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!
2now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.
20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,
10I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be.
2I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
12Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
16For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
3But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
8Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.
1For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.
6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.
5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”
5For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.
6For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,
2not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
11For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
12So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God.
26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.
11Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.
5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.
21What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you(and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.
15And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,
20For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.