2 Corinthians 2:1
But I determined that I would not make another painful visit to you.
Revised King James New Testament
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 will there be to make me glad, but the same one I made sorrowful?
Cross References
Acts 11:29Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judaea:
Acts 15:37And Barnabas wanted to take with them John, called Mark.
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 1:15And in this confidence I intended to come to you first, that you might benefit twice;
2 Corinthians 2:4For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the abundant love which I have for you.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear that when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and you shall not find me to be as you wish; lest perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, rivalries, slander, gossip, conceit, disorder:
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 →