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

¹⁵ Relying on this I meant to visit you first, to let you have a double delight; ¹⁶ I intended to take you on my way to Macedonia, and to visit you again on my way back from Macedonia, so as to be sped by you on my journey to Judaea. ¹⁷ Such was my intention. Now, have I shown myself 'fickle'? When I propose some plan, do I propose it in a worldly way, ready to mean 'no' as well as 'yes'? ¹⁸ By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no'; ¹⁹ for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us (by myself and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not 'yes and no' ??the divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him, ²⁰ for in him is the 'yes' that affirms all the promises of God. Hence it is through him that we affirm our 'amen' in worship, to the glory of God. ²¹ And it is God who confirms me along with you in Christ, who consecrated me, ²² who stamped me with his seal and gave me the Spirit as a pledge in my heart.

²³ I call God to witness against my soul, it was to spare you that I refrained from revisiting Corinth. ²⁴ (Not that we lord it over your faith ??no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)

¹ I decided I would not pay you another painful visit. ² For if I pain you, then who is to give me pleasure? None but the very people I am paining! ³ So the very reason I wrote was that I might not come only to be pained by those who ought to give me joy; I relied on you all, I felt sure that my joy would be a joy for everyone of you. ⁴ For I wrote you in sore distress and misery of heart, with many a tear ??not to pain you but to convince you of my love, my special love for you.