2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Context
This verse from 2 Corinthians Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul describes his sufferings and the God of all comfort who consoles in affliction so that those who are comforted can comfort others. He explains his change of travel plans — not out of fickleness but to spare the Corinthians …
Other Translations
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
Cross References
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in …
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the …
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I …
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall …
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such …