2 Corinthians 1:15-2 Corinthians 2:4 - Paul Delays His Visit To Corinth
15 It was because I was sure of this that I wanted to come to see you before going anywhere else, to give you a double pleasure; 16 I was going to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then to come back to you from Macedonia and have you see me off for Judea. 17 Was it vacillating of me to want to do that? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say "Yes" and "No" in the same breath? 18 As surely as God can be relied on, there has been no equivocation about our message to you. 19 The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes," 20 for to all the promises of God he supplies the "Yes" that confirms them. That is why we utter the "Amen" through him, when we give glory to God. 21 But it is God who guarantees us and you to Christ; he has anointed us 22 and put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts, as earnest-money.
23 But upon my soul I call God to witness that it is simply to spare you that I have stayed away from Corinth. 24 Not that we are the masters of you and your faith; we are working with you to make you happy, for in your faith you stand firm enough.
1 For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2 For if I hurt your feelings, who is there to cheer me up but the man whose feelings I hurt? 3 This is what I said in my letter, so that I might avoid coming and having my feelings hurt by the very people who might have been expected to make me happy, for I felt sure about you all, that what made me happy would make you all happy. 4 For I was in great trouble and distress of mind when I wrote you, and I shed many tears as I did it, yet it was not to hurt your feelings, but to make you realize the extraordinary affection I have for you.