2 Corinthians 1:23-2:4

Revised Geneva Translation

²³ Now, I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you, I have not as yet come to Corinth.

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

2 But this I determined in myself: that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

² For if I grieve you, who then should make me glad but the same one who is grieved by me?

³ And I wrote this same thing to you, lest when I come, I should not be grieved by those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁴ For in great affliction, and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be made sorry, but that you might perceive the love which I have especially for you.