你们愿意怎么样呢？是愿意我带着刑杖到你们那里去呢？还是要我存慈爱温柔的心呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着棍子到你们那里去呢，还是带着慈爱温柔的心呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着棍子到你们那里去呢，还是带着慈爱温柔的心呢？

到底你们要什么呢？要我带着刑杖去呢？还是要我带着温柔慈爱的心去呢？

你们愿意怎么样呢？要我带着刑杖到你们那里去，还是以温柔的灵，带着爱心去呢？

你们要什么呢？要我带着权杖，还是要我带着爱和温柔的心灵到你们那里去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？是願意我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢？還是要我存慈愛溫柔的心呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着棍子到你們那裏去呢，還是帶着慈愛溫柔的心呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着棍子到你們那裏去呢，還是帶着慈愛溫柔的心呢？

到底你們要什麼呢？要我帶著刑杖去呢？還是要我帶著溫柔慈愛的心去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶著刑杖到你們那裡去，還是以溫柔的靈，帶著愛心去呢？

你們願意怎麼樣呢？要我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢？還是帶着愛與柔和之心靈呢？

你們要什麼呢？要我帶著權杖，還是要我帶著愛和溫柔的心靈到你們那裡去呢？

爾何所欲乎、欲我以杖就爾乎、抑以仁慈與溫柔之心乎、

爾何所欲、欲我至以杖叩爾乎、抑以柔惠之意撫爾乎、

爾何所欲、欲我就爾以杖乎、抑欲我就爾以慈愛及溫柔之意乎、

What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

Which do you want? Should I come to you to correct and punish you? Or should I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you desire? That I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and[ in] the spirit of meekness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

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。

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；更恐吾來時、天主令我汗顏無地、蓋一見諸犯奸邪淫亂之徒、尚未幡然悔改、吾能不為之號咷大哭乎哉？

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。

惟知自謙自抑、赤忱與爾相處、一如慈母之煦嫗其子女；

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。

茲者我葆樂本人、欲憑基督之溫柔謙恭、有所求於爾焉。頗聞人言、予與爾相處、晤時則恭、暌時則踞。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。

然吾意已定、下次決不願與爾等以憂戚相見。

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。

惟智慧之自上來者、本質純粹、故其為德也、和平雍容、溫柔恭順、富於惻隱、多結善果、而無偏激矯情之弊。

舊時之所謂光榮者、今則如見大明而闇然無光矣。

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。

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。