2 Corinthians 1:23-2:4

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

²³And I call-upon God as witness for my soul that sparing^[a] you I no longer came to Corinth— ²⁴not that we are lording-over your faith, but we are fellow-workers of ^[b] your joy. For you stand in^[c] your faith^[d].

For I Did Not Want My Coming To Cause You Grief, So I Wrote To You Instead

2 For I determined this for myself: not to come to you again^[e] in grief. ²For if I grieve you, who indeed is the one cheering me except the one being grieved by me? ³And I wrote this very^[f] thing in order that having come, I should not have grief from the ones of whom I ought-to-have rejoicing— having confidence in you all that my joy^[g] is the joy of you all.

I Wrote To You In Anguish Not To Grieve You, But Out of Love For You

⁴For I wrote to you through many tears, out of much affliction and anguish of heart— not that you might be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 1:23 Sparing the Corinthians further grief over an incident that had occurred among them, as alluded to in 2:1-11, was Paul’s motive for changing his plans.
2 Corinthians 1:24 That is, producing.
2 Corinthians 1:24 Or, by.
2 Corinthians 1:24 Or, in faith.
2 Corinthians 2:1 That is, come again; or, in grief again, implying a previous sorrowful interaction (whether in person, or by the letter mentioned in 2:4; 7:8).
2 Corinthians 2:3 That is, this change of plans; or, my grief-causing letter.
2 Corinthians 2:3 That is, obedience to Christ.

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