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.
Why?BecauseI do not loveyou? Godknows[I do]!
Apartfrom [such] externalthings, there is the dailypressureon me [of] concernfor allthe churches.
For we are not likemany,peddlingthe wordof God,but as from sincerity,but as from God,we speakin Christin the sightof God.
For to thisend alsoI wrote,sothat I might putyou to the test,whetheryou are obedientin all things.
For thoughI causedyou sorrowby my letter,I do not regretit; thoughI did regretit-- [for] I seethat that lettercaused you sorrow,thoughonlyfor a while--
(but ifa mandoes not know howto managehis ownhousehold,howwill he take careof the churchof God?),
