2 Corinthians 1:23
But I appeal to God as a witness unto my soul, that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth:
Thomas Haweis 1795 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 also hath put his seal upon us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit 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 incessantly I make mention of you,
1 Corinthians 4:21What is your wish? That I should come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But as sure as God is true, our word to you was not yea and nay.
2 Corinthians 10:2But I pray, that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I purpose to act resolutely against some who think of us, as if we walked after the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found of you such as ye would not: lest haply there be contentions, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, 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 →