2 Corinthians 2:1

NETBible

So 1  I made up my own mind 2  not to pay you another painful visit. 3 

NIV ©

So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you.

NASB ©

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

NLT ©

So I said to myself, "No, I won’t do it. I won’t make them unhappy with another painful visit."

MSG ©

That's why I decided not to make another visit that could only be painful to both of us.

BBE ©

But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

NRSV ©

So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.

NKJV ©

But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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NETBible

So 1  I made up my own mind 2  not to pay you another painful visit. 3 

NET Notes

1 tc Although usually δέ (de, “now”; found in א A C D1 F G Ψ 0285 Ï lat) should take precedent over γάρ (gar) in textually disputed places in the corpus Paulinum, the credentials for γάρ here are not easily dismissed (Ì46 B 0223 0243 33 1739 1881 al); here it is the preferred reading, albeit slightly.

2 tn Or “I decided this for myself.”

3 tn Grk “not to come to you again in sorrow.”

3 sn Paul was not speaking absolutely about not making another visit, but meant he did not want to come to the Corinthians again until the conflict he mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4-11 was settled.