2 Corinthians 1:23
But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul,—that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is, my witness,—unto whom I am rendering divine service in my spirit, in the glad message of his Son,—how incessantly, I am making mention of you
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? that, with a rod, I should come unto you? or, with love, and a spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 1:18Faithful, however, is God, in that, our discourse, which was [delivered] unto you, is not Yea and Nay;
2 Corinthians 10:2I entreat, however, that, when present, I may not be bold with the assurance wherewith I think to be daring against some who account of us as though, according to flesh, we were walking,—
2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? Because I love you not? God, knoweth!
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear—lest, by any means, when I come, not such as I wish, should I find you, and, I, should be found by you, such as ye do not wish;—lest, by any means, [I should find] strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, railings, whisperings, puffed up pretensions, confusions;—
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 →