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。

我呼吁神给我的心作见证，我没有往哥林多去是为要宽容你们。

我指着我的性命求告上帝作证，我没有再往哥林多去是为了要宽容你们。

我指着我的性命求告神作证，我没有再往哥林多去是为了要宽容你们。

我求上帝为我作证：我没有去哥林多，是为了宽容你们。

我呼求神给我作证，我没有再到哥林多来，是要宽容你们。

我求告神为我的灵魂见证：我没有再往哥林多去，是因为顾惜你们。

我呼籲神給我的心作見證，我沒有往哥林多去是為要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命求告上帝作證，我沒有再往哥林多去是為了要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命求告神作證，我沒有再往哥林多去是為了要寬容你們。

我求上帝為我作證：我沒有去哥林多，是為了寬容你們。

我呼求神給我作證，我沒有再到哥林多來，是要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命呼求上帝作證，我沒有再往哥林多去、是顧惜你們。

我求告神為我的靈魂見證：我沒有再往哥林多去，是因為顧惜你們。

我籲上帝以我心作證、我不適哥林多者、寬容爾也、

我籲上帝鑒吾心、為不爾責、故不至哥林多、

我不復至哥林多、惟因寛容爾曹、我籲天主為我心作證、

I call God as my witness— and I stake my life on it— that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

I call God to be my witness. May he take my life if I’m lying. I wanted to spare you, so I didn’t return to Corinth.

But I call God to witness against me— it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

予一心以其聖子之福音、昭事天主；每於祈禱時、緬懷爾等、不能自已；

凡此種切洵非虛言、天主照臨、實鑒斯忱。

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。

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。

吾儕未嘗用阿諛之詞、是爾等所知也。亦未嘗圖私利、是天主所知也。

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。何爾等眼光之淺耶！若有自矜其為基督之僕、曷一思吾儕亦未嘗非基督之僕也。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。頗聞人言：『彼之書札、雖雷厲風行；而彼之形軀、則柔弱無能、言語更無足輕重。』應知吾儕信上如何言、晤時亦必如何行也。

然吾亦胡為而出此乎？謂我不爾愛乎？主實鑒之！

因是予仰體基督耶穌之慈心、切慕爾眾、有如飢渴；耿耿此心、主實鑒之。

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；

吾主耶穌基督之父、永遠可頌之天主、固知吾之誠實無誑也。

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。

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。

吾與基督相契、所言真實無誑且吾之良心、感於聖神、亦為吾作證；

喜買乃亞立山即其人也。吾已將此二人、付於沙殫之手、儻亦知懲、不敢再施謗讟歟。

至誠天主、實鑒吾誠。凡吾儕向爾等所許之言、皆非模棱兩可、而徘徊於是非之間者也。