Bible verse
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
2 Corinthians 2:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Corinthians 2.
1 So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
2 For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
3 I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
4 For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
5 Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
KJV
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
ASV
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
ERV
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
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