He told fellow believers in Corinth: “Out of much tribulation and anguish of heart I wrote you with many tears, not that you might be saddened, but that you might know the love that I have more especially for you. ”
او به هم‌ایمانان شهر قُرِنتُس گفت :‏ « با غم بسیار و دلی دردمند و چشمانی اشکبار به شما نوشتم ،‏ نه تا اندوهگینتان سازم ،‏ بلکه تا از عمق محبتم به خود آگاه شوید .‏ »