2 Corinthians 2:3-4

Paul's Change of Plans

³ And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, _w for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. ⁴ For _x I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 8:22
   And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.
   Galatians 5:10
   I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
   2 Thessalonians 3:4
   And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
   2 Corinthians 7:16
   I rejoice, because I have perfect confidence in you.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 7:8
   For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it - though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
   2 Corinthians 7:12
   So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the one who did the wrong, nor for the sake of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your earnestness for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.
   Acts 20:19
   Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.