2 Corinthians 2:1-4 - The Change In Paul's Plans

¹ But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you. ² For if I of all men give you pain, who then is there to gladden my heart, but the very persons to whom I give pain? ³ And I write this to you in order that when I come I may not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, confident as I am as to all of you that my joy is the joy of you all. ⁴ For with many tears I write to you, and in deep suffering and depression of spirit, not in order to grieve you, but in the hope of showing you how brimful my heart is with love for you.