KJVBut I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
2 Corinthians — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
23. I call God for a witness. He now begins to assign a reason for his change of purpose; for hitherto he has merely repelled calumny. When, however, he says that he spared them, he indirectly throws back the blame upon them, and thus shows them that it would be…