When Paul wrote this letter to the church of God in Corinth, together with all the holy-people in the whole of Achaia, as directed by God and/or the Lord Jesus Christ, he did not include chapter divisions, verse divisions or the punctuation which are in many translations and versions today. These are all added by man for the purpose of making it easier for people to find certain scriptures and as a help to understand it better - however, this is not always the case, as here in the division between verse 24 of chapter 1 and verse 1 of chapter 2, when clearly it flows from one to the other.
Therefore, continuing from what Paul has just written – "1:23But I call-upon God (Who is) witness to-myself on my soul that (for the reason of) sparing you I no-longer went into Corinth, 1:24not because we are lord of your belief but we are workers-together with your joy, for with belief you stood2" – he writes:
II Corinthians 2:1 and 2:
2:1For I judged this for myself: not to go towards you again in sorrow, .2for if I cause you sorrow, who (is) also the (person) making me glad-minded except the (person) being caused-sorrow from me!
In truth, I made this decision for/to myself: not to go back to be with you within the sphere of action of grief. And to clarify this, I ask the rhetorical question: in truth, if I myself were the one actively causing you holy-people to be sorrowful (cause you grief), then additionally, what person is causing me to be glad-minded (filling me with gladness, giving me a cheerful-mind with well-thoughts) except the person who is receiving grief out-from me!
[Reference: Romans 15:10.]
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