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2 Corinthians 1:23

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

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After these things, having departed from Athens, he arrived at Corinth.

Now Crispus, a leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, with his entire house. And many of the Corinthians, upon hearing, believed and were baptized.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit by the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I have kept a remembrance of you

I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,

What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?

to hand over such a one as this to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy, a brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all of Achaia:

But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both Yes and No.

So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.

The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.

Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.

Therefore, I write these things while absent, so that, when present, I may not have to act more harshly, according to the authority which the Lord has given to me, for edification and not for destruction.

I have preached when present, and I will preach now while absent, to those who sinned before, and to all the others, because, when I arrive again, I will not be lenient with you.

by chastity, knowledge, and longsuffering; in pleasantness, in the Holy Spirit, and in unfeigned charity;

Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying.

For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.

And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they may learn not to blaspheme.




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