2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover, I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.
Webster 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
22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts.
24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,
1 Corinthians 4:21What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 1:18But as God is true, our word towards you was not yea and nay.
2 Corinthians 10:2But I beseech you , that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:11Why? 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 that I shall be found by you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, 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 →