Bible in Basic English
"And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;"
— 2 Corinthians 1:15, Bible in Basic English
“And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;”
“And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit; ”
“In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;”
“And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,”
“And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:”
“And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;”
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:
Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;
And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?
As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.