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.
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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—
WEB 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God for a witness to my soul, that to spare you, I didn’t come 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.