2 Corinthians 1:23
2 Corinthians 1:23 The Message (MSG)
Now, are you ready for the real reason I didn’t visit you in Corinth? As God is my witness, the only reason I didn’t come was to spare you pain. I was being considerate of you, not indifferent, not manipulative.
2 Corinthians 1:23 King James Version (KJV)
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 American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:23 New Century Version (NCV)
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 American Standard Version (ASV)
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:23 New International Version (NIV)
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 New King James Version (NKJV)
Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 1:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But 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
2 Corinthians 1:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
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 Passion Translation (TPT)
Now, I call upon this faithful God as a witness against me if I’m not telling you the absolute truth. It was because I hold you in my heart that I decided not to return to Corinth, in order to spare you the humiliation of my rebuke.