2 Corinthians 1:15 (YLT)

Passage

and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:13 for no other things do we write to you, but what ye either do read or also acknowledge, and I hope that also unto the end ye shall acknowledge,

2 Corinthians 1:14 according as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that your glory we are, even as also ye <FI>are<Fi> ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus;

2 Corinthians 1:15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

2 Corinthians 1:16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

2 Corinthians 1:17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "according as also ye did acknowledge us..." into verse 16's "and through you to pass to Macedonia...", so "confidence" and "purposing" 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 "confidence" and "purposing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.