2 Corinthians 2:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Cor 5:3 : 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
2 Cor 1:15-17 : 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Acts 15:2 : 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined 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 any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Titus 3:12 : 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there 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 grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Cor 7:5-8 : 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Cor 2:2-5
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2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
3And I wrote this same unto you, 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 grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
2 Cor 7:7-9
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7And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
2 Cor 1:15-17
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15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and 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, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28I sent him therefore the more carefully, 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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23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Rom 9:2
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2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
1 Cor 2:1-2
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1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
2 Cor 13:2
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2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
Rom 15:22-24
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22For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
24Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
Phil 1:25-26
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25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
26That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
2 John 1:12
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12Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
2 Cor 12:21
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21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Rom 15:32
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32That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
2 Cor 11:9-10
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9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have 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 boasting in the regions of Achaia.
2 Cor 12:13-14
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13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.
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13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Rom 1:13
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13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you ,(but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
2 Cor 2:13
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13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
3 John 1:13
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13I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
1 Thess 2:17
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17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
1 Cor 16:5-7
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5Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
2 Cor 12:1
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1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory . 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 would not come to you.
2 Cor 10:9
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9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
Phil 2:18
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18For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
2 Cor 7:3
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3I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
1 Thess 2:1
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1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2 Tim 1:4
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4Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
2 Cor 13:10
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10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Rom 1:10
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10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
2 Cor 9:4
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4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
1 Thess 3:1
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1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
1 Cor 9:15
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15But I have used none of these things : neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.