2 Corinthians 2:2-4
Living Bible
2 For if I make you sad, who is going to make me happy? You are the ones to do it, and how can you if I cause you pain? 3 That is why I wrote as I did in my last letter, so that you will get things straightened out before I come.[a] Then, when I do come, I will not be made sad by the very ones who ought to give me greatest joy. I felt sure that your happiness was so bound up in mine that you would not be happy either unless I came with joy.
4 Oh, how I hated to write that letter! It almost broke my heart, and I tell you honestly that I cried over it. I didn’t want to hurt you, but I had to show you how very much I loved you and cared about what was happening to you.
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- 2 Corinthians 2:3 so that you will get things straightened out before I come, implied.
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