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  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 15 So with this confidence, I was intending to come first to you, so that you might have a second occasion for joy;*

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 15 Καὶ And ταύτῃ to this τῇ to the πεποιθήσει confidence ἐβουλόμην I was wishing πρότερον formerly πρὸς toward ὑμᾶς YOU ἐλθεῖν, to come, ἵνα in order that δευτέραν second χαρὰν joy σχῆτε, YOU might have,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 15 So, with this confidence, I was intending before to come to YOU,+ that YOU might have a second+ [occasion for] joy,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    The Bible in Living English
    • 15* And in this assurance I wanted to come first to you, in order that you might have a second glad time,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    American Standard Version
    • 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 15 And in this confidence I purposed before to come unto you,—In order that a second joy ye might have,—

  • 2 Corinthians 1:15
    King James Version
    • 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 1:15 w14 3/15 30-31

  • 2 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:15

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2014, pp. 30-31

  • 2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:15

      so that you might have a second occasion for joy: Paul visited Corinth for the first time during his second missionary tour. The year was 50 C.E. He established the congregation there and stayed for a year and six months. (Ac 18:9-11) He intended to visit Corinth a second time while he was in Ephesus during his third missionary tour. However, his plan did not materialize. (1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16, 23) The “second occasion for joy” may refer to the second visit Paul had been hoping to make. Or Paul may be referring to his hope of making a double visit, as he describes in the following verse.​—See study note on 2Co 1:16.

      joy: In this verse, a number of Greek manuscripts use the word khaʹris, which means “undeserved kindness; favor; benefit,” instead of the Greek word for “joy” (kha·raʹ). Therefore, the latter part of the verse could possibly be rendered “so that you might benefit twice.” A number of English Bible translations convey this idea.

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