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2 Corinthians 1:15 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;2 Corinthians 1:15 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 1:15 in context
13For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencepepoithēsistrust, confidence, relianceG4006 →
- benefitcharisgrace, that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness grace of…G5485 →
- mindedboulomaito will deliberately, have a purpose, be minded, of willing as an affection, to desireG1014 →
- beforeproteronbefore, prior, of time, formerG4386 →
- seconddeuterosthe second, the other of twoG1208 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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The apostle here vindicates himself from the imputation of levity and inconstancy, in that he did not hold his purpose of coming to them at Corinth. His adversaries there sought all occasions to blemish his character, and reflect upon his conduct;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-24