고린도후서 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 고린도후서 Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. 바울이 고린도에서 겪은 극심한 고난을 언급하며, 이미 보낸 편지로 슬프게 한 것이 후회되지 않는다고 밝힌다. 디도를 통해 고린도 교인들이 회개하였다는 소식을 듣고 크게 위로받는다.
다른 번역본
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.
상호 참조
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
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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 …