For out of muchafflictionand anguishof heartI wroteto you with manytears;not sothat you would be made sorrowful,but that you might knowthe lovewhichI haveespeciallyfor you.
My eyesshedstreamsof water,Becausethey do not keepYour law.Tsadhe.
For I am jealousfor you with a godlyjealousy;for I betrothedyou to onehusband,so that to ChristI might presentyou [as] a purevirgin.
I will most gladlyspendand be expendedfor your souls.IfI loveyou more,am I to be lovedless?
For to thisend alsoI wrote,sothat I might putyou to the test,whetheryou are obedientin all things.
SoalthoughI wroteto you, [it was] not for the sakeof the offendernorfor the sakeof the one offended,but that your earnestnesson our behalfmight be made knownto you in the sightof God.
For manywalk,of whomI oftentoldyou, and nowtellyou evenweeping,[that they are] enemiesof the crossof Christ,
