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2 Corinthians 1:23

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Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

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After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.

But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

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

For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority – the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!

I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,

I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!

For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.




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