2 Corinthians 2:2 BBE

¹  But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

²  For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

³  And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁴  For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.