2Cor 2:1-4 | ESV | STEP | For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you .

c ch. 8:22; Gal. 5:10; 2 Thess. 3:4; [ch. 7:16]

2 Corinthians 2:1-4

1 For I made up my mind ^anot to make another painful visit to you. 2 For ^bif I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, ^cfor I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For ^dI wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.