2:1a So I made up my mind

(Revised Standard Version) For I made up my mind

Because/For I decided this:
-or-
I decided

2:1b not to make another painful visit to you.

I would not come again to grieve you (plur.).
-or-
not to make my next visit with you so painful. (Contemporary English Version)

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