⁸ Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter,^(A) I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while—

¹² So even though I wrote to you,^(A) it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong^(B) nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.

¹⁹ I served the Lord with great humility and with tears^(A) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.^(B)