2 Corinthians 1:23

23But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

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.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 I appeal to God as a witness on my behalf, that I stayed away from Corinth because I wanted to spare you.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 But I call upon God as witness against my life, that in order to spare you, I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 I call God as my witness. I wanted to spare you. So I didn’t return to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 1:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

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