The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
New International Version NIV
14 non ut confundam vos haec scribo sed ut filios meos carissimos moneo
14
I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children.
15 nam si decem milia pedagogorum habeatis in Christo sed non multos patres nam in Christo Iesu per evangelium ego vos genui
15
Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
16 rogo ergo vos imitatores mei estote
16
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
17 ideo misi ad vos Timotheum qui est filius meus carissimus et fidelis in Domino qui vos commonefaciat vias meas quae sunt in Christo sicut ubique in omni ecclesia doceo
17
For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
18 tamquam non venturus sim ad vos sic inflati sunt quidam
18
Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
19 veniam autem cito ad vos si Dominus voluerit et cognoscam non sermonem eorum qui inflati sunt sed virtutem
19
But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
20 non enim in sermone est regnum Dei sed in virtute
20
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
21 quid vultis in virga veniam ad vos an in caritate et spiritu mansuetudinis
21
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?
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