1. So I made up my mind that I would not come to you again causing sorrow.
2. For if I cause you sorrow, then who is there cheering me on but the one I have made sorrowful?
3. And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I wouldn’t have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice—having confidence in you all that my joy is yours.
4. For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears—not to make you sorrowful, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.