2 Corinthians 2:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² If I make you feel bad, who would be left to cheer me up, except the people I had made to feel bad? ³ The reason I want to be happy is to make you happy. I wrote as I did because I didn't want to visit you and be made to feel bad, when you should make me feel happy. ⁴ At the time I wrote, I was suffering terribly. My eyes were full of tears, and my heart was broken. But I didn't want to make you feel bad. I only wanted to let you know how much I cared for you.