2 Corinthians 1:23-2:4

Jubilee Bible 2000

²³ Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul that I have not yet come unto Corinth to spare you.

²⁴ Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy, for by faith ye stand.

2 ¶ But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in grief.

² For if I make you grieve, who is he then that shall make me glad, but the same who is grieved by me?

³ And I wrote this same unto you, lest when I came, I should have grief from those of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁴ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know how much more charity I have towards you.