“For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.”
2 Corinthians 2:4 (BSB)
Context Reading
2For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved? 3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy. 4For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. 5Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you — to some degree, not to overstate it. 6The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.