MNT(i)
1 I decided that I would not visit you again in grief;
2 for if I cause you grief, who is there to cause me joy except those whom I have grieved?
3 And for this very reason I wrote you, that I might not come only to be grieved by those who ought to give me joy; and because I trusted in you all, that my joy is the joy of all of you.
4 For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you.