2 ¹ So I made up my mind not to make another visit that causes you grief.^(A)

⁴ For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you grief but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

² I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient—

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,^(A)