2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;
Noyes Bible
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 Spirit as a pledge in our hearts.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how constantly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in love, and the spirit of mildness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.
2 Corinthians 10:2but I entreat you, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think of being bold towards some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth!
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and lest I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envying, 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 →