2 Corinthians 1:23–24
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Why Paul Postponed His Visit
1:23Now I appeal to God as my witness,42 that to spare43 you I did not come again to Corinth.441:24I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.45
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- 42 Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).
- 43 Here φειδόμενος (pheidomenos) has been translated as a telic participle.
- 44 Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans. For location see ; ; ; .
- 45 Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth. I do not mean that we lord it over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in your faith.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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. But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But I call upon God as witness against my life, that in order to spare you, I did not come again to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
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