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2 Corinthians 1:23

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I appeal to God as a witness on my behalf, that I stayed away from Corinth because I wanted to spare you.

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(God is my witness that what I’m writing is not a lie.)

When I come to visit you, would you prefer that I punish you or show you love and a gentle spirit?

That’s why I’m writing this letter while I’m not with you. When I am with you I don’t want to be harsh by using the authority that the Lord gave me. The Lord gave us this authority to help you, not to hurt you.

I already warned you when I was with you the second time, and even though I’m not there now, I’m warning you again. When I visit you again, I won’t spare you. That goes for all those who formerly led sinful lives as well as for all the others.

I serve God by spreading the Good News about his Son. God is my witness that I always mention you

God is my witness that, with all the compassion of Christ Jesus, I long ⌞to see⌟ every one of you.

I’m afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I’m afraid that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

Among these people are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan in order to teach them not to dishonor God.

As you know, we never used flattery or schemes to make money. God is our witness!

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows that I’m not lying.

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows that I do love you.

I beg you that when I am with you I won’t have to deal forcefully with you. I expect I will have to because some people think that we are only guided by human motives.

You can depend on God. Our message to you isn’t false; it’s true.

hand such a person over to Satan to destroy his corrupt nature so that his spiritual nature may be saved on the day of the Lord.

As a Christian, I’m telling you the truth. I’m not lying. The Holy Spirit, along with my own thoughts, supports me in this.

After this, Paul left Athens and went to the city of Corinth.

The synagogue leader Crispus and his whole family believed in the Lord. Many Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and from Timothy our brother. To God’s church in the city of Corinth and to all God’s holy people everywhere in Greece.

⌞People can see⌟ our purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit’s presence ⌞in our lives⌟, our sincere love,

As surely as I have Christ’s truth, my bragging will not be silenced anywhere in Greece.




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