Reaffirm Your Love
2 Corinthians 2:1
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
- KJV
- But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
- WEB
- But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
- ASV
- But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
- LSV
- And I decided this to myself, not to come again to you in sorrow,
- YLT
- And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,
- DBY
- But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
- DRC
- But I determined this with myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.
- GNV
- Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read γὰρ (“for”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus place ἐλθεῖν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: γὰρ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γὰρ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read δὲ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἔκρινα γὰρ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν·
- RP2018
- Ἔκρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἔκρινα δὲ ἐμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
- SCR1894
- εκρινα δε εμαυτω τουτο το μη παλιν ελθειν εν λυπη προς υμας
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20–21For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. I am afraid…
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
- 1 Corinthians 5:3Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5–8For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, and…
- Acts 11:29So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- 2 Corinthians 1:15–17Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing. I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to…
- 1 Corinthians 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
- Titus 3:12As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
- Acts 15:2And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- Acts 15:37Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).