2 Corinthians 1:24-2:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 I do not mean that we have control of[a] your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand(A) by faith. 2 1 In fact, I made up my mind about this:[b] I would not come to you on another painful visit.[c] 2 For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?[d] 3 I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident(B) about all of you that my joy will also be yours. 4 For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 1:24 Or we lord it over, or we rule over
- 2 Corinthians 2:1 Lit I decided this for myself
- 2 Corinthians 2:1 Lit not again in sorrow to come to you
- 2 Corinthians 2:2 Lit the one pained
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