2 Corinthians 2:1
But I determined this with myself, that my next visit to you should not be in sorrow.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
In Context
2For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad but he that is made sorrowful by me?
Cross References
Acts 11:29And according as any one of the disciples was prospered, they determined every one of them to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea;
Acts 15:37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, called Mark.
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?
2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence it was my purpose to come to you before, that ye might receive a second benefit;
2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be made sorrowful, but that ye might know the exceeding love which I have for you.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and lest I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envying, wraths, rivalries, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 2:1
In this chapter the apostle proceeds in the account of the reasons why he did not come to Corinth, ver. 1-4 . Then he writes concerning the incestuous person who lay under censure; and gives direction for restoring him, together with the reasons for their so doing ( ver. 5-11 ), and afterwards informs them of his labours and success in preaching the gospel in several places, ver. 12-17 . Read the whole commentary →