2 Corinthians 1:15 (DBY)

Passage

And with this confidence I purposed to come to you previously, that ye might have a second favour;

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:13 For we do not write other things to you but what ye well know and recognise; and I hope that ye will recognise to the end,

2 Corinthians 1:14 even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as *ye* [are] ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:15 And with this confidence I purposed to come to you previously, that ye might have a second favour;

2 Corinthians 1:16 and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.

2 Corinthians 1:17 Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "purpose", "confidence", "purposed", "come", "previously", "might", "second", and "favour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "purpose" and "confidence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "even as also ye have recognised us..." into verse 16's "and to pass through to Macedonia by...", so "purpose" and "confidence" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "purpose" and "confidence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.