Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Corinthians 2:1

"But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow." — 2 Corinthians 2:1 (ASV)

But I determined this with myself.—Better, I determined for myself. The chapter division is here obviously wrong, and interrupts the sequence of thought. St. Paul continues his explanation. He did not wish to come again, that is, to make his second visit to Corinth, in grief, and if he had carried out his first plan, that would have been the almost inevitable result. He consulted his own feelings (“for myself”) as well as theirs.