Paul Delays His Visit to Corinth

15 And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill, 16 and through you to go to Macedonia, and to come to you again from Macedonia, and to be sent on my way by you to Judea. 17 Therefore, when I[a] was wanting to do this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my “yes” may be “yes” and my “no” may be “no” at the same time?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was wanting”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:17 *The words “at the same time” are supplied for clarity