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1 But I determined this within myself, not to return again to you in sorrow. 2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me? 3 And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours. 4 For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you. 5 But if anyone has brought sorrow, he has not sorrowed me. Yet, for my part, this is so that I might not burden all of you. 6 Let this rebuke be sufficient for someone like this, for it has been brought by many. 7 So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow. 8 Because of this, I beg you to confirm your charity toward him. 2 Corinthians 2:1-8, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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