1 So I made up my mind not to come to you again to make you sad.
2 For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up? Only the very persons I had made sad.
3 That is why I wrote that letter to you — I did not want to come to you and be made sad by the very people who should make me glad. For I am convinced that when I am happy, then all of you are happy too.
4 I wrote to you with a greatly troubled and distressed heart and with many tears; my purpose was not to make you sad, but to make you realize how much I love you all.