2 Corinthians 1:23 - Revised Standard Version CI

²³ But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But I call upon God as my soul's witness: it was to avoid hurting you that I refrained from coming to Corinth–

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

Common English Bible

²³ I call on God as my witness—I didn’t come again to Corinth because I wanted to spare you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ But I call God to witness upon my soul, that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy: for in faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 1:23 Cross References

Acts 18:1

After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.

Acts 18:8

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

Romans 1:9

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,

Romans 9:1

I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,

1 Corinthians 4:21

What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

2 Corinthians 1:18

As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.

2 Corinthians 10:2

I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of acting in worldly fashion.

2 Corinthians 11:10

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:11

And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

2 Corinthians 11:31

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

2 Corinthians 13:10

I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love,

Galatians 1:20

(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)

Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For we never used either words of flattery, as you know, or a cloak for greed, as God is witness;

1 Timothy 1:20

among them Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.