Paulʼs Change of Plans

2CO 1:12

KJV

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

BSB

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

Koinōnos

For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in openness and sincerity before God — not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God — we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

2CO 1:13

KJV

For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

BSB

For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

Koinōnos

For we write no other things to you than what you read or even understand; and I hope now that you will understand to the end,

2CO 1:14

KJV

As 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.

BSB

as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

Koinōnos

even as you have also understood us in part, that we are your boast, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

2CO 1:15

KJV

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

BSB

Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.

Koinōnos

And with this confidence I was planning to come to you previously, so that you might have a second grace,

2CO 1:16

KJV

And 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.

BSB

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

Koinōnos

and through you to pass through into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be set forward to Judea.

2CO 1:17

KJV

When 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?

BSB

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

Koinōnos

In deciding this, therefore, surely I did not indeed use levity? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, so that with me there may be the Yes yes and the No no?

2CO 1:18

KJV

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

BSB

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

Koinōnos

Faithful, however, is God, that our word to you is not Yes and No.

2CO 1:19

KJV

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

BSB

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

Koinōnos

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the One proclaimed among you through us — through me and Silvanus and Timothy — was not Yes and No, but Yes in him has come to be.

2CO 1:20

KJV

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

BSB

For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

Koinōnos

For as many as are the promises of God, in him is the Yes; therefore also through him is the Amen to God for glory — through us.

2CO 1:21

KJV

Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

BSB

Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

Koinōnos

Now the One confirming us together with you in Christ, and having anointed us, is God —

2CO 1:22

KJV

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

BSB

placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

Koinōnos

who also sealed us and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

2CO 1:23

KJV

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

BSB

I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Koinōnos

But I call upon God as witness — upon my own soul — that to spare you I no longer came to Corinth.

2CO 1:24

KJV

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

BSB

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

Koinōnos

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers of your joy, for you stand firm in the faith.