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"And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,"
— 2 Corinthians 1:15, NET Bible
“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 in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:”
“And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so 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;”
Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely
just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,
and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both“Yes, yes” and“No, no” at the same time?
But as God is faithful, our message to you is not“Yes” and“No.”