Other translations
American Standard Version
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But I avoid it, lest it be supposed that I terrify you with my epistle,
Darby Bible Translation
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.
God's Word
I don't want you to think that I'm trying to frighten you with my letters.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
I don't want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.
International Standard Version
I do not want you to think that I am trying to frighten you with my letters.
NET Bible
I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
New American Standard Bible
for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
New International Version
I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.
New Living Translation
I'm not trying to frighten you by my letters.
Webster's Bible Translation
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
Weymouth New Testament
Let it not seem as if I wanted to frighten you by my letters.
The World English Bible
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.