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THE MESSAGE
2 Corinthians 2:1
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So, I decided not to come just to be the bearer of bad news.
But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.
But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.
But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief.
In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
But I determined this with myself not to come to you again in grief.
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 with my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.
But I decided this within myself, not to come to you again in grief.
But I determyned this wt my selfe, that I wolde not come agayne to you in heuynes.
But I purposed in my self, I would not be the occasion of any uneasiness to you when I come again.
But I made up my mind not to grieve you with another painful visit.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
But I determened this in my silfe yt I wolde not come agayne to you in hevines.
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.
And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,
So I decided that my next visit to you would not be another one to make you sad.
So I made up my own mind not to pay you another painful visit.
So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
I have decided not to make my next visit with you so painful.
So I made up my mind that I would not pay you another painful visit.
For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse.
BUT I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in sadness.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
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But I have determined this in myself, that I will not with sorrow again come to you.
And I determined this with myself, that I would not again come to you in sadness.
But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
So I decided that I would not bring you grief with another painful visit.
As I thought about it, I decided I would not come to you again. It would only make you sad.
But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.
So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
For I have determined, unto myself, this - not, again, in grief, to come unto you.
But I determined this with myself, to come to you again in sorrow.
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
For I have decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.
But I determined this in my selfe, yt I would not come againe to you in heauynesse.
So I decided that my next visit to you would not be another visit to make you sad.
But I decided this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.
So I made up my mind not to come to you again to make you sad.
And Y ordeynede this ilke thing at me, that Y schulde not come eftsoone in heuynes to you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I determined: 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, Acts 11:29, Acts 15:2, Acts 15:37, 1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Corinthians 5:3, Titus 3:12
that: 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 7:5-8, 2 Corinthians 12:20, 2 Corinthians 12:21, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 1 Corinthians 4:21
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 4:10 - that it may Romans 1:12 - that I may 1 Corinthians 4:19 - I 2 Corinthians 1:24 - are
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But I determined with myself,.... The apostle having removed the charge of levity and inconstancy brought against him, goes on to excuse his delay in coming to them, and to soften the severity, which some thought too much, he had used in his former epistle: he determined with himself, he took up a resolution within his own breast some time ago, says he,
that I would not come again to you in heaviness; that he would not come with sorrow and heaviness, bewailing their sins not repented of, and by sharp reproofs and censures, which in such a case would be necessary, be the cause of grief and trouble to them; wherefore he determined to wait their repentance and amendment before he came again. The word "again", may be connected with the phrase "in heaviness"; and the sense be, that in his former epistle, which was a sort of coming to them, he made them heavy and sorry, by sharply rebuking them for some disorders that were among them; and since it has been a settled point with him, that he would not come in heaviness again: or with the word "come"; and then the meaning is, as his first coming among them was to the joy of their souls, so it was a determined case with him, that his second coming should not be with grief, either to them or himself, or both; and this is the true reason why he had deferred it so long.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But I determined this with myself - I made up my mind on this point; I formed this resolution in regard to my course.
That I would not come again to you in heaviness - In grief (ἐνη λύπ enē lup). “I would not come, if I could avoid it, in circumstances which must have grieved both me and you. I would not come while there existed among you such irregularities as must have pained my heart, and as must have compelled me to resort to such acts of discipline as would be painful to you. I resolved, therefore, to endeavor to remove these evils before I came, that when I did come, my visit might be mutually agreeable to us both. For that reason I changed my purpose about visiting you, when I heard of those disorders, and resolved to send an epistle. If that should be successful, then the way would be open for an agreeable visit to you.” This verse, therefore, contains the statement of the principal reason why he had not come to them as he had at first proposed. It was really from no fickleness, but it was from love to them, and a desire that his visit should be mutually agreeable, compare the notes, 2 Corinthians 1:23.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
The apostle farther explains the reasons why he did not pay his
intended visit to the Corinthians, 1.
And why he wrote to them in the manner he did, 2-5.
He exhorts them also to forgive the incestuous person, who had
become a true penitent; and therefore he had forgiven him in
the name of Christ, 6-11.
He mentions the disappointment he felt when he came to Troas in
not meeting with Titus, from whom he expected to have heard an
account of the state of the Corinthian Church, 12, 13.
Gives thanks to God for the great success he had in preaching
the Gospel, so that the influence of the name of Christ was
felt in every place, 14.
Shows that the Gospel is a savour of life to them that believe,
and of death to them that believe not, 15, 16.
And that he and his brethren preached the pure, unadulterated
doctrine of God among the people, 17.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse 2 Corinthians 2:1. But I determined this — The apostle continues to give farther reasons why he did not visit them at the proposed time. Because of the scandals that were among them he could not see them comfortably; and therefore he determined not to see them at all till he had reason to believe that those evils were put away.
