2 Corinthians 1:23

2 Corinthians 1:23 (New International Version, NIV)

I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.

NCV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

I tell you this, and I ask God to be my witness that this is true: The reason I did not come back to Corinth was to keep you from being punished or hurt.

NAS, 2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

NKJ, 2 Corinthians 1:23

Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

FBV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

I call God as my witness that it was to avoid causing you pain that I chose not to come to Corinth.

KJV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

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

LSV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

And I call on God for a witness on my soul, that sparing you, I did not come to Corinth yet;

ASV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

WEB, 2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth.

YLT, 2 Corinthians 1:23

And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

AMP, 2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call on God as my soul’s witness, that it was to spare you [pain and discouragement] that I did not come again to Corinth—

AMP, 2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call upon God as my soul's witness: it was to avoid hurting you that I refrained from coming to Corinth–

GNV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

GW, 2 Corinthians 1:23

I appeal to God as a witness on my behalf, that I stayed away from Corinth because I wanted to spare you.

CSB, 2 Corinthians 1:23

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

ERV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

I tell you this, and I ask God to be my witness that this is true: The reason I did not come back to Corinth was that I did not want to punish or hurt you.

EAS, 2 Corinthians 1:23

God will show that what I say is true! He knows my thoughts. Why did I decide not to come back to Corinth at this time? I did not come because I did not want to be angry with you.

KJV, 2 Corinthians 1:23

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