2 Corinthians 12:20

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

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:

BSB

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

WEB

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;

YLT

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,

F.O.G Original

(20) For I’m afraid, perhaps somehow when I come, I might find you to not be of such sorts as I want and may be found by you to be such as you don’t want! That somehow there’s strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfish ambition, evil speech, gossip, arrogance and insurrection!

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

²⁰For 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 disorderᵍ.

Footnotes:

²⁰ᵍ Discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder: Eight specific sins that were threatening the unity and health of the Corinthian church community.