Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Corinthians 2:1 in English Standard Version "For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you." 2Co 1:23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 2Co 12:20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. 2Co 13:10 For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.