2 Corinthians 2:1 KJV — MannaFest

2 Corinthians 2:1

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

KJV

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ASV

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

WEB

So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

YLT

And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

DBT

But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.

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2 Corinthians — Paul's most personal letter. A defense of gospel ministry under pressure — comfort and conflict, giving and glory, weakness and power — with the tone shifting markedly at chapter 10.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55–56, from Macedonia

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18 verses on the floor

1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
2 Corinthians 12:20–21
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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If he had made them sorry, that would have been a sorrow to himself, for there would have been none to have made him glad. But his desire was to have a cheerful meeting with them, and not to have it embittered by any unhappy occasion of disagreeing. He tells them it was to the same intent that he wrote his former epistle,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

with myself--in contrast to "you" (2Co 1:23). The same antithesis between Paul and them appears in 2Co 2:2. not come again . . . in heaviness--"sorrow"; implying that he had already paid them one visit in sorrow since his coming for the first time to Corinth.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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G307716× in canon G3825139× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2CO 2:11CO 4:21 2CO 13:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CO 2:12CO 1:23 1CO 4:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CO 2:11CO 4:21 2CO 13:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CO 2:12CO 13:10 2CO 10:8
2CO 2:12CO 2:4 2CO 7:12
2CO 2:12CO 2:4 PRO 27:5-6
2CO 2:12CO 1:23 GAL 1:20
2CO 2:11CO 4:21 1TH 2:7

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