2 Corinthians 1:15-2 Corinthians 2:4 - Paul Delays His Visit To Corinth
15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have, 16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea. 17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no? 18 and God is faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No, 19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes; 20 for as many as are promises of God, in him are the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us; 21 and He who is confirming you with us into Christ, and did anoint us, is God, 22 who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth; 24 not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.
1 And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you, 2 for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me? 3 and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all, 4 for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.