2 Corinthians 1:15-2 Corinthians 2:4 - Paul Delays His Visit To Corinth

¹⁵ And in this confidence I intended to come to you earlier, so that ye might have a second benefit, ¹⁶ and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea. ¹⁷ Therefore intending this, did I accordingly employ anything in lightness? Or what I decide, do I decide according to flesh, so that it would be with me the yes, yes and the no, no? ¹⁸ But God is faithful, because our word toward you became not, yes and no. ¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was proclaimed among you by us (by me and Silvanus and Timothy) became not, yes and no, but in him has become, yes. ²⁰ For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us. ²¹ Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and who anointed us, is God. ²² He also is who put a seal on us, and who gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

²³ But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that I did not yet come to Corinth, sparing you. ²⁴ Not because we lord over your faith, but are co-workmen of your joy, for by faith ye stand.

¹ But I determined this in myself, not to come again to you in sadness. ² For if I make you sad, who then is he who makes me glad except he who is made sad by me? ³ And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you. ⁴ For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.