This verse is sometimes misinterpreted as Paul excusing unkept promises or displaying unreliability in his travel plans, ignoring the context where he defends his integrity to affirm the unchanging faithfulness of God's promises through him; others wrongly see it as mere boasting about his apostolic authority, overlooking its purpose to reassure the church of his genuine affection and the gospel's steadfastness amid human flexibility.
II Corinthians 1:15
King James Version (1769)
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
Paul expresses his sincere confidence in the Corinthian church's faith, revealing his original plan to visit them twice—first on his way to Macedonia and again on the return—aimed at providing them a double blessing of encouragement and spiritual benefit, underscoring his pastoral care and reliability despite subsequent changes in itinerary due to divine leading and circumstances.