2 Corinthians 7:12
So, then, even though I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of the man who was wronged, but to make you conscious, in the sight of God, of your own earnest care for us. And it is this that has encouraged us.
2 Corinthians 2:9
I had this further object, also, in what I wrote--to ascertain whether you might be relied upon to be obedient in everything.
1 Corinthians 5:1-2
There is a wide-spread report respecting a case of immorality among you, and that, too, of a kind that does not occur even among the Gentiles-a man, I hear, is living with his father's wife!
2 Corinthians 2:3-4
So I wrote as I did, for fear that, if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.
2 Corinthians 2:17
Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
2 Corinthians 7:8
For, though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I were inclined to regret it--for I see that my letter did cause you sorrow though only for a time--
2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!
2 Corinthians 11:28
And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches.
1 Timothy 3:5
If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?