Berean Standard Bible (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.
World English Bible (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;
Strong's King James
For{G1063} I fear{G5399}{(G5736)}, lest{G3381}{G4458}, when I come{G2064}{(G5631)}, I shall{G2147} not{G3756} find{G2147}{(G5632)} you{G5209} such as{G3634} I would{G2309}{(G5719)}, and that I{G2504} shall be found{G2147}{(G5686)} unto you{G5213} such as{G3634} ye would{G2309}{(G5719)} not{G3756}: lest{G3381}{G4458} there be debates{G2054}, envyings{G2205}, wraths{G2372}, strifes{G2052}, backbitings{G2636}, whisperings{G5587}, swellings{G5450}, tumults{G181}:
The F.O.G *
(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!
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Young's Literal Translation
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,
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