[和合本] 我虽然从前写信给你们，却不是为那亏负人的，也不是为那受人亏负的，乃要在 神面前把你们顾念我们的热心表明出来。
[新标点] 我虽然从前写信给你们，却不是为那亏负人的，也不是为那受人亏负的，乃要在 神面前把你们顾念我们的热心表明出来。
[和合修] 所以，虽然我从前写信给你们，却不是为那亏负人的，也不是为那受人亏负的，而是要在 神面前把你们顾念我们的热忱表现出来。
[新译本] 因此，从前我虽然写过信给你们，却不是为了那亏负人的，也不是为了那受害的，而是在上帝面前把你们对我们的热情，向你们显现出来。
[当代修] 因此，虽然我给你们写过信，但并非为了那犯错的人或那受害的人而写的，而是为了让你们在上帝面前看到自己对我们所存的热心。
[现代修] 因此，我虽然写了那一封信，但并不是为了犯过错的人写的，也不是为受亏负的人写的。相反地，我写那封信的目的是要表明你们在上帝面前对我们的热情是多么深切。
[吕振中] 所以我虽然写信给你们，却不是为那冤枉人的，也不是为那受冤枉的，无非是要把你们因顾念我们而表示的热切、在上帝面前向你们指明出来罢了。
[思高本] 因此，虽然我从前给你们写了信，却不是为了那侵犯人的，也不是为了那受侵犯的，而是为要把你们对我们的热情，在天主面前表彰出来；为此我们得到了安慰。
[文理本] 我虽以书遗尔、非因枉人者、亦非因枉于人者、惟令尔为我之殷勤显于尔中、在上帝前、
[GNT] So, even though I wrote that letter, it was not because of the one who did wrong or the one who was wronged. Instead, I wrote it to make plain to you, in God's sight, how deep your devotion to us really is.
[BBE] For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free
[KJV] Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
[NKJV] Therefore, although I wrote to you, [I did] not [do it] for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for the sake of him who suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you.
[KJ21] Therefore, though I wrote unto you, I did not do so for the sake of him who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who suffered wrong, but that our concern for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
[NASB] So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness in our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God.
[NRSV] So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.
[WEB] So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
[ESV] So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
[NIV] So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong or of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.
[NIrV] Look at what that godly sadness has produced in you. You are working hard to clear yourselves. You are angry and alarmed. You are longing to see me. You are concerned. You are ready to make sure that the right thing is done. In every way you have proved that you are not guilty in that matter.
[HCSB] So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.
[CSB] So even though I wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, or because of the one who was wronged, but in order that your diligence for us might be made plain to you in the sight of God.
[AMP] So although I did write to you [as I did], it was not for the sake and because of the one who did [the] wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered [the] wrong, but in order that you might realize before God [that your readiness to accept our authority revealed] how zealously you do care for us.
[NLT] My purpose, then, was not to write about who did the wrong or who was wronged. I wrote to you so that in the sight of God you could see for yourselves how loyal you are to us.
[YLT] If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --