2 Corinthians 12:20
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.
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I shall not.

2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

2 Corinthians 13:9
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

and that.

2 Corinthians 1:23, 24
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:1-3
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. . . .

2 Corinthians 10:2, 6, 8, 9
I beg you that when I come, I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh. . . .

2 Corinthians 13:2, 10
I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence, I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone, . . .

1 Corinthians 4:18-21
Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. . . .

1 Corinthians 5:3-5
Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. . . .

debates.

1 Corinthians 1:11
My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

1 Corinthians 3:3, 4
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? . . .

1 Corinthians 4:6-8, 18
Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:7, 8
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? . . .

1 Corinthians 11:16-19
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God. . . .

1 Corinthians 14:36, 37
Did God's word originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached? . . .

Galatians 5:15, 19-21
But if you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out, or you will be consumed by each other. . . .

Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

Ephesians 4:31, 32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. . . .

James 3:14-16
But if you harbor in your hearts bitter jealousy and selfish ambition, do not boast in it or deny the truth. . . .

James 4:1-5
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don't they come from the passions at war within you? . . .

1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

whisperings.

Psalm 41:7
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and hatred. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

swellings.

2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

Jude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

Parallel Verses
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;

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

International Standard Version
I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

NET Bible
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For I fear lest I come to you and shall not find you as I like, and I may be found by you also as you do not like, lest there be fighting, envy, rage, contention, slander, murmuring, insolence and tumult,
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