2 Corinthians 2:1

American Standard Version (1901)

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

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  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults; 21 lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
  • 1 Cor 5:3 : 3 For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing,
  • 2 Cor 1:15-17 : 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren that dwelt in Judea:
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, [the brethren] appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • Titus 3:12 : 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.
  • 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.
  • 2 Cor 7:5-8 : 5 For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but [we were] afflicted on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears. 6 Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, [even] God, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more. 8 For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret [it] (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

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  • 2 Cor 2:2-5
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    2For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

    3And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

    4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

    5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

  • 2 Cor 7:7-9
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    7and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.

    8For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret [it] (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

    9I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-17
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    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

    17When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

  • Phil 2:27-28
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    27for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

    28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

  • Rom 9:2
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    2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

    2For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

  • 2 Cor 13:2
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    2I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

  • Rom 15:22-24
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    22Wherefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:

    23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,

    24whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)--

  • Phil 1:25-26
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    25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

  • 2 John 1:12
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    12Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write them] with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

  • 2 Cor 12:21
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    21lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

  • Rom 15:32
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    32that I may come unto you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] .

    10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 12:13-14
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    13For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

    14Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

    14but without thy mind I would do nothing; that thy goodness should not be as of necessity, but of free will.

  • Rom 1:13
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    13And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

  • 2 Cor 2:13
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    13I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

  • 3 John 1:13
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    13I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write [them] to thee with ink and pen:

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

  • 1 Cor 16:5-7
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    5But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;

    6but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go.

    7For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 4:18
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    18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

  • 2 Cor 10:9
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    9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3I say it not to condemn [you] : for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.

  • 1 Thess 2:1
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    1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

  • 2 Tim 1:4
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    4longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not when present deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for casting down.

  • Rom 1:10
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    10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void.