[和合本] 我先前心里难过痛苦，多多地流泪，写信给你们，不是叫你们忧愁，乃是叫你们知道我格外的疼爱你们。
[新标点] 我先前心里难过痛苦，多多地流泪，写信给你们，不是叫你们忧愁，乃是叫你们知道我格外地疼爱你们。
[和合修] 我先前忧心忡忡、眼泪汪汪地给你们写了信，并非要使你们悲伤，而是要你们知道我格外疼爱你们。
[新译本] 我从前心里痛苦难过，流着眼泪写信给你们，并不是要使你们忧愁，而是要你们知道我是多么爱你们。
[当代修] 我万分难过、泪流满面地给你们写了前一封信，并非要使你们忧伤，而是要你们明白我是多么疼爱你们。
[现代修] 我在忧伤痛苦中流着许多眼泪给你们写信，不是要使你们忧愁，而是要你们都知道我多么爱你们！
[吕振中] 我因了大苦难和心里的困苦、流许多眼泪地写信给你们，不是要让你们忧愁，乃是要叫你们知道我是怎样格外地疼爱你们。
[思高本] 我在万般的痛心忧苦中，流着许多泪给你们写了信，并不是为叫你们忧苦，而是为叫你们认清我对你们所有的爱，多么卓绝。
[文理本] 昔我哀痛迫切、不胜涕泣、以书遗尔、非令尔忧、乃使尔知我爱尔甚也、○
[GNT] I wrote you with a greatly troubled and distressed heart and with many tears; my purpose was not to make you sad, but to make you realize how much I love you all.
[BBE] And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
[KJV] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
[NKJV] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
[KJ21] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.
[NASB] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
[NRSV] For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
[WEB] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
[ESV] For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
[NIV] For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
[NIrV] I wrote what I did for a special reason. When I came, I didn't want to be troubled by those who should make me glad. I was sure that all of you would share my joy.
[HCSB] For out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart I wrote to you with many tears-- not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
[CSB] For out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart I wrote to you with many tears-- not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
[AMP] For I wrote you out of great sorrow and deep distress [with mental torture and anxiety] of heart, [yes, and] with many tears, not to cause you pain but in order to make you realize the overflowing love that I continue increasingly to have for you.
[NLT] I wrote that letter in great anguish, with a troubled heart and many tears. I didn't want to grieve you, but I wanted to let you know how much love I have for you.
[YLT] for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.