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–
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AMP 2 Corinthians 1:23But 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—
NKJ 2 Corinthians 1:23Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.
NAS 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.