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2 Corinthians 1:23

Corinth

21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
KJV
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
WEB
But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.
ASV
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
DARBY
But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.
BLB
But I call God as witness upon my soul, that sparing you⁺ I did not yet come to Corinth.
ÅB
Men jeg kaller Gud til vitne for min sjel at det var for å skåne dere jeg enda ikke er kommet til Korint;
OTB
Men jeg kaller Gud til vitne, at det var for å spare dere at jeg ikke kom tilbake til Korint.
B1930
Men jeg kaller Gud til vidne for min sjel at det var for å skåne eder jeg ennu ikke er kommet til Korint;

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Cross references

  • Galatians 1:20

    Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:21

    What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

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  • Romans 1:9

    For 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;

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:10

    Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:2

    I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

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  • Philippians 1:8

    For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:6–11

    And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

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