In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing;

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.

in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.

since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you.