2 Corinthians 1:15–16

2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1

Paul’s Vindication of His Conduct and Life. 2 Cor. 1, 12–24.

No fickleness can be charged to the apostle: V.15. And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; v.16. and to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

Because Paul had changed his original plan as to his visit to Corinth, some of his personal enemies in that city were trying to represent him as an unreliable person.

But he has his defense ready: And in this confidence it was my will first to come to you. In the assurance of their ready acknowledgment of his unblamable conduct, and that the Corinthians, in proper gratitude, considered him a cause of their glorying, Paul’s plan had been to journey to Macedonia over Corinth, to stop off there first, in order that they might again, for the second time, have the benefit and the blessing of his presence and instruction.

This plan had been abandoned even when he wrote the first letter, 1 Corinthians 16, 5.

On his return from Macedonia he had planned to come to Corinth once more, and to make the journey to Judea from there, accompanied by a delegation from their congregation. He confesses to a change of his plans, but that fact does not argue for fickleness of purpose.