2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
In Context
22who has also set his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
24not that we are lords over your faith, but fellow-workers for your joy: for by faith you stand.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you,
1 Corinthians 4:21What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But God is true; for our preaching to you was not yes and no:
2 Corinthians 10:2I, indeed, beseech you, that I may not, when present, be bold with that confidence with which I think I shall be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest when I come I shall find you not, such as I wish, and I shall be found by you not such as you wish: lest there shall be contentions, envies, excitements, strife, evil speaking, whisperings, party spirit, disorderly conduct:
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:16-24
Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.… Read the whole commentary →