2 Corinthians 1:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
  • Gal 1:20 : 20 Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
  • 2 Cor 2:1-3 : 1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow. 2 For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me? 3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
  • 2 Cor 10:2 : 2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 10:6-9 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full. 7 Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed, 9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters. 10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised." 11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
  • 2 Cor 11:11 : 11 Why? Because I don't love you? God knows.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

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