2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
KJV · King James Version
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.
WEB · World English Bible
And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I wrote
1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 5:1–13
lest
2 Corinthians 12:21; 2 Corinthians 13:1, 2
I ought
2 Corinthians 12:11
having
2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 8:22; Galatians 5:10; Philemon 1:21