愛之深責之切

我已經決定了,下次到你們那裡時不再使大家憂傷。 如果我使你們憂傷,那麼除了因我而憂傷的你們,還有誰能使我喜樂呢? 我曾為這事寫信給你們,免得我到你們那裡時,那些本該使我喜樂的人反而使我憂傷。我也深信你們會以我的喜樂為你們的喜樂。

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So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.(A) For if I grieve you,(B) who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? I wrote as I did,(C) so that when I came I would not be distressed(D) by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence(E) in all of you, that you would all share my joy.

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