2 Corinthians 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

SABDAweb 2Co 2:1

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

bibleoremus 2Co 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

biblegateway 2Co 2:1

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

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.