2 Corinthians 1 23
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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ASV 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
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—
GNV 2 Corinthians 1:23Nowe, I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you, I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.