2 Corinthians 1:23

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2 Corinthians 1:23

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

I call

1 Thessalonians 2:5

That

Bible References

I call

As certainly as God is faithful, we haven't talked to you with mixed messages like that.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!

For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel about his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you

I am telling the truth because I belong to the Messiah I am not lying, and my conscience confirms it by means of the Holy Spirit.

(Before God, what I'm writing to you is the truth.)

For God is my witness how much I long for all of you with the compassion that the Messiah Jesus provides.

As you know, we did not come with flattering words or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness!

That

I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.

I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,

Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

These include Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan so that they may learn not to blaspheme.