2 Corinthians 1:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, & in ye spirite of meekenes?
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witnesse (whom I serue in my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne) that without ceasing I make mention of you
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Nowe the things which I write vnto you, beholde, I witnes before God, that I lie not.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lorde hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my recorde, howe I long after you all from the very heart roote in Iesus Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 Of whom is Hymeneus, and Alexander, whom I haue deliuered vnto Satan, that they might learne not to blaspheme.
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.
  • 2 Cor 2:1-3 : 1 Bvt I determined thus in my selfe, that I would not come againe to you in heauinesse. 2 For if I make you sorie, who is he then that shoulde make me glad, but ye same which is made sorie by me? 3 And I wrote this same thing vnto you, lest when I came, I should take heauines of them, of whom I ought to reioyce: this confidence haue I in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.
  • 2 Cor 10:2 : 2 And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 10:6-9 : 6 And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 7 Looke yee on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himselfe that hee is Christes, let him consider this againe of himself, that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes. 8 For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame. 9 This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters. 10 For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value. 11 Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.
  • 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

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