2 Corinthians 7:12

So although I did write to you, it was not on account of the offender, nor of the injured man, but in the sight of God to reveal to you your devotion to me.

2 Corinthians 2:9

For that is why I wrote you??o find out how you would stand the test, and see if you would obey me absolutely.

1 Corinthians 5:1-2

Immorality is actually notorious among you, and immorality of a kind unknown even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife.

2 Corinthians 2:3-4

This is what I said in my letter, so that I might avoid coming and having my feelings hurt by the very people who might have been expected to make me happy, for I felt sure about you all, that what made me happy would make you all happy.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

2 Corinthians 7:8

For even if I did hurt your feelings with that letter, I cannot regret it; even if I did regret it, when I saw that the letter had hurt your feelings perhaps for a while,

2 Corinthians 11:11

And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do.

2 Corinthians 11:28

And besides everything else, the thing that burdens me every day is my anxiety about all the churches.

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Summary

Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

Bible References

I did

2 Corinthians 2:9
For that is why I wrote you??o find out how you would stand the test, and see if you would obey me absolutely.
1 Corinthians 5:1
Immorality is actually notorious among you, and immorality of a kind unknown even among the heathen??hat a man has taken his father's wife.

That our

2 Corinthians 2:4
For I was in great trouble and distress of mind when I wrote you, and I shed many tears as I did it, yet it was not to hurt your feelings, but to make you realize the extraordinary affection I have for you.
2 Corinthians 11:11
And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do.