2 Corinthians 1:23
Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hath also sealed vs, and hath giuen the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witnesse (whom I serue in my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne) that without ceasing I make mention of you
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?
2 Corinthians 1:18Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.
2 Corinthians 10:2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.
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 →