2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call God as a witness to my soul, that I was lenient with you, in that I did not return to Corinth:
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
22And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For 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
1 Corinthians 4:21What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But God is faithful, so our word, which was set before you, was not, in him, both Yes and No.
2 Corinthians 10:2So 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.
2 Corinthians 11:11Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.
2 Corinthians 12:20Yet 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.
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 →