2 Corinthians 2:1-3

Revised Geneva Translation

2 But this I determined in myself: that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

² For if I grieve you, who then should make me glad but the same one who is grieved by me?

³ And I wrote this same thing to you, lest when I come, I should not be grieved by those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.