2 ¹ So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.^(A)

⁴ For I wrote you^(A) out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

² I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:^(A) On my return I will not spare^(B) those who sinned earlier^(C) or any of the others,

¹⁹ The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,^(A) impurity and debauchery;