12/19 ~ From New Testament Letters
🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)
1 - I didn’t want to make another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain, who then is there to make me happy but the one I pained? 3 And I wrote as I did to you, lest when I was there, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, trusting all of you to have the same joy that I have. 4 For when I wrote to you, it was out of much affliction and anguish of heart, and even with tears. Not to cause you pain, but to let you know of the abundant love I have for you.
5 Now if anyone has caused pain, they have caused it - not to me, except in some measure, and not to put it too severely - but to all of you! 6 Now for that one, the disapproval and censure by the majority is enough (he had been sleeping with his father’s wife) 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive distress. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love and acceptance for him. 9 For this is why I wrote, to find out if you are able to stay and walk in the way.
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