中译版圣经:

• 所以我不在你们那里的时候，把这话写给你们，好叫我见你们的时候，不用照主所给我的权柄，严厉地待你们。这权柄原是为造就人，并不是为败坏人。
• 新中译版圣经:所以我不在你们那里的时候，把这话写给你们，好叫我见你们的时候，不用照主所给我的权柄，严厉地待你们。这权柄原是为造就人，并不是为败坏人。
• 新世纪圣经:因此，我趁着不在你们那里的时候，把这些话写给你们，到我来了，就不必凭着主所给我的权柄严厉地对待你们。这权柄不是要拆毁你们，而是要建立你们。
• LCC:故此我和你们不同在时写了这些话，好让我和你们同在时不必照主所赐给我、那为建立而不为攻倒、的权柄、严厉地措置。
• TCB:因此，我在远离你们时写这封信，好使我跟你们见面的时候，不必使用主给我的职权严厉地对待你们。主给我的职权是要造就你们，不是要打击你们。
• 当代圣经:我写这封信的目的，是预先警告你们，要早有准备，免得我来到你们当中的时候，运用基督给我的权力，严厉地对付你们。基督赐这权力给我，是要我去造就人，而不是去毁坏人。
• CSG:为此，当我还未来的时候，先写了这些，免得我来到的时候，要照主所赐给我的，那原来是为建树而不是为破坏的权柄，严厉处置你们。

英译版圣经:

• 新国际版圣经:This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority--the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
• NRSV:So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
• NASV:For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
• 古老版圣经:Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
• ASV:For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
• 基础英语版圣经:For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.
• DBY:On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.
• 标准修订版圣经:I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authoritywhich the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.
• 直译圣经95版:For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
• 直译圣经77版:For this reason I am writing these things while absent, in order that when present I may not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me, for building up and not for tearing down.
• WEB:Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
• YLT:because of this, these things -- being absent -- I write, that being present, I may not treat [any] sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

希伯来语圣经:

内容备注:

多语对照圣经中的一节平均而言是一句，包含有12个不同的英文译本，和6个中文译本，以及一个希伯来语本（圣经旧约使用希伯来语和亚兰语书写，新约用希腊语书写）

NIV:新国际版（New International Version，简称NIV）是一个当代英语圣经译本，也是目前在英语国家被最为广泛使用的圣经版本,适合个人研读之用的译本。
NCB: New Century Bible 《新世纪圣经》
LCC:(Library of Christian Classes）
CLB:当代圣经译本(The Chinese Living Bible, CLB)
KJV:詹姆士钦定本是近古英文,是现在所能见到的最老的英译本
BBE:基础英语供移民和儿童阅读
NRSV:是新标准修订版
NASB:用纯粹直译方法（Strictly Literal）的译本
BHS:希伯来语原文圣经

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• absent [´æbsənt, əb´sent]   a.不在的 vt.使缺席   (初中英语单词)
• severe [si´viə]   a.严厉的；苛刻的   (初中英语单词)
• writing [´raitiŋ]   n.书写；写作；书法   (初中英语单词)
• sharply [´ʃɑ:pli]   ad.锋利地；剧烈地   (初中英语单词)
• account [ə´kaunt]   vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目   (初中英语单词)
• international [,intə´næʃənəl]   a.国际的，世界的   (初中英语单词)
• accordance [ə´kɔ:dəns]   n.一致；调和   (高中英语单词)
• severity [si´veriti]   n.严厉；严重；苛刻   (英语四级单词)