^12:20For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me³¹ not what you wish. I am afraid that³² somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition,³³ slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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Footnotes

31 Grk “and I will be found by you.” The passive construction has been converted to an active one in the translation.
32 The words “I am afraid that” are not repeated in the Greek text, but are needed for clarity.
33 Or “intense anger, hostility.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For 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 disorder.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

NLTNew Living Translation

For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I am afraid lest somehow when I arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. I am afraid lest somehow there will be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

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