2 Corinthians 2:1–2

For I made up my mind unot to make another painful visit to you. 2 For vif I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

1 So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2 For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. 2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

1 So I decided that I would not bring you grief with another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you grief, who will make me glad? Certainly not someone I have grieved.

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

1 But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. 2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

1 So I decided that my next visit to you would not be another one to make you sad. 2 If I make you sad, who will make me glad? Only you can make me glad—particularly the person whom I made sad.

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow. 2 For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

1 But I have judged this with myself, not to come back to you in grief. 2 For if I grieve you, who also is it that gladdens me, if not he that is grieved through me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

1 I decided not to visit you again while I was distressed. 2 After all, if I had made you uncomfortable, how could you have cheered me up when you were uncomfortable?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1 In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain, then who will cheer me other than the one being hurt by me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

1 So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1 For I have decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow. 2 For if I cause you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

1 So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2 If I make you sad, who is going to make me glad? Only you, the one I made sad.

2 Corinthians 2:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

1 But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

2 For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

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