2Cor 2:4, 17, 11:11, 28, 1Ti 3:5 | ESV | STEP | For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears , not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you .

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2 Corinthians 2:4

4 For ^aI wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

2 Corinthians 2:17

17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:11

11 And why? ^bBecause I do not love you? ^cGod knows I do!

2 Corinthians 11:28

28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for ^dall the churches.

1 Timothy 3:5

5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for ^eGod’s church?