2 Corinthians 2:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ So I made up my mind not to make another visit that causes you grief.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BUT I definitely made up my mind not to grieve you with another painful and distressing visit.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

Common English Bible

¹ So I decided that, for my own sake, I wouldn’t visit you again while I was upset.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ But I determined this within myself, not to return again to you in sorrow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.

2 Corinthians 2:1 Cross References

Acts 11:29

The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;

Acts 15:2

And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders.

Acts 15:37

Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.

1 Corinthians 2:2

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 4:21

What would you prefer? Am I to come to you with a stick or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 5:3

For I, though absent in body, am present in spirit, and as if present I have already pronounced judgment

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 13:10

So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you grief but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Titus 3:12

When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.