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2 Corinthians 2:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

I have decided not to make my next visit with you so painful.

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God is my witness that I stayed away from Corinth, just to keep from being hard on you.

I am writing these things to you before I arrive. This way I won't have to be hard on you when I use the authority the Lord has given me. I was given this authority, so I could help you and not destroy you.

At the time I wrote, I was suffering terribly. My eyes were full of tears, and my heart was broken. But I didn't want to make you feel bad. I only wanted to let you know how much I cared for you.

What do you want me to do when I arrive? Do you want me to be hard on you or to be kind and gentle?

I plan to send Artemas or Tychicus to you. After he arrives, please try your best to meet me at Nicopolis. I have decided to spend the winter there.

I am with you only in my thoughts. But in the name of our Lord Jesus I have already judged this man, as though I were with you in person. So when you meet together and the power of the Lord Jesus is with you, I will be there too.

In fact, while I was with you, I made up my mind to speak only about Jesus Christ, who had been nailed to a cross.

This caused trouble, and Paul and Barnabas argued with them about this teaching. So it was decided to send Paul and Barnabas and a few others to Jerusalem to discuss this problem with the apostles and the church leaders.

The followers in Antioch decided to send whatever help they could to the followers in Judea.

Barnabas wanted to take along John, whose other name was Mark.




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