2 Corinthians 2:1
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But I determined this with myself, to come to you again in sorrow.

I determined.

2 Corinthians 1:15-17 And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace: . . .

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Acts 11:29 And the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judea.

Acts 15:2,37 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small contest with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of the other side should go up to the apostles and priests to Jerusalem, about this question. . . .

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus Christ: and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 5:3 I indeed, absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged, as though I were present, him that hath so done,

Titus 3:12 When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste to come unto me to Nicopolis. For there I have determined to winter.

that.

2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you should be made sorrowful: but that you might know the charity I have more abundantly towards you.

2 Corinthians 1:23 But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 7:5-8 For also, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest: but we suffered all tribulation. Combats without: fears within. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:20,21 For I fear lest perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you. . . .

2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I write these things, being absent, that, being present, I may not deal more severely, according to the power which the Lord hath given me unto edification and not unto destruction.

1 Corinthians 4:21 What will you? Shall I come to you with a rod? Or in charity and in the spirit of meekness?

Context
Reaffirm Your Love
1But I determined this with myself, to come to you again in sorrow. 2For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:21
What will you? Shall I come to you with a rod? Or in charity and in the spirit of meekness?

2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear lest perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as you would not. Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions, be among you.

2 Corinthians 12:21
Lest again, when I come, God humble me among you: and I mourn many of them that sinned before and have not done penance for the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness that they have committed.

Lexicon
[So]
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I made up my mind
Ἔκρινα (Ekrina)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

to make
ἐλθεῖν (elthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

another
πάλιν (palin)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3825: Probably from the same as pale; anew, i.e. back, once more, or furthermore or on the other hand.

painful {visit}
λύπῃ (lypē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3077: Pain, grief, sorrow, affliction. Apparently a primary word; sadness.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

you.
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


Additional Translations
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

For I judged this within myself, not to come to you again in grief.

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

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

But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.

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

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

But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have a painful visit the next time I come to see you.

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

And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,
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