2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover, I call God for a witness on my soul, that it was in order to spare you, that I came not to Corinth.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 hath sealed us, and hath given the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts.
24Not that we are lords over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for it is by faith ye stand.
Cross References
Romans 1:9And God, whom in spirit I serve in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, that I unceasingly make mention of you, at all times, in my prayers.
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? Shall I come to you with the rod, or with love and a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 1:18God is the witness, that our word to you was not Yes and No.
2 Corinthians 10:2yet I beseech of you that, when I come, I may not be compelled by the boldness that is in me to be daring, as I estimate it, towards the persons who think we walk according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Why? Because I do not love you? God knoweth.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest I should come to you and not find you such as I would wish; and lest I also should be found by you, such as ye would not wish; lest there should be contention, and envying, and anger, and obstinacy, and slandering, and murmuring, and insolence, and commotion;
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 →