2 Corinthians 1:23
But I invoke God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not yet to Corinth.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
22he who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
24Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.
2 Corinthians 10:2but I entreat, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knows.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest haply, when I come, I shall find you not such as I would, and I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envyings, wraths, rivalries, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
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 →