2 Corinthians 1:15 (DRB)

Passage

And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:13 For we write no other things to you than what you have read and known. And I hope that you shall know unto the end.

2 Corinthians 1:14 As also you have known us in part, that we are your glory: as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:15 And in this confidence I had a mind to come to you before, that you might have a second grace:

2 Corinthians 1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia: and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be brought on my way towards Judea.

2 Corinthians 1:17 Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "As also you have known us in..." into verse 16's "And to pass by you into Macedonia...", so "grace" 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 "grace" and "confidence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.