(As to what I am now writing to you, I call God to witness that I am speaking the truth).
I am speaking the truth as one in union with Christ; it is no lie; and my conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit,
But, as my life shall answer for it, I call God to witness that it was to spare you that I deferred my visit to Corinth.
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus--he who is for ever blessed--knows that I am speaking the truth.