en_tn_condensed/2co/02/01.md

Connecting Statement:

Because of his great love for them, Paul makes it clear that his rebuke in his first letter to them (the rebuke of their acceptance of the sin of immorality) caused him pain as well as pain to the church people in Corinth and the immoral man.

I decided for my own part

"I made the decision"

in painful circumstances

"in circumstances that would cause you pain"