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.
KJV
Ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον.
Greek NT
Ego autem testem Deum invoco in animam meam, quod parcens vobis, non veni ultra Corinthum : non quia dominamur fidei vestæ, sed adjutores sumus gaudii vestri : nam fide statis.
Vulgate
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
ASV
But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth: not because we exercise dominion over your faith: but we are helpers of your joy. For in faith you stand.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Κόρινθος
korinthos
noun · 6×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
μάρτυς
martus
noun · 35×
οὐκέτι
ouketi
adverb · 47×
φείδομαι
pheidomai
verb · 10×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐμός
emos
possessive_pronoun · 69×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2154Following St. Paul,83 The tradition of the Church has understood Jesus' words as not excluding oaths made for grave and right reasons (for example, in court). "An oath, that is the invocation of the divine name as a witness to truth, cannot be taken unless in truth, in judgment, and in justice."84
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. But may we swear an oath in God's name if we do it reverently? A. Yes, when the government demands it, or when necessity requires it, in order to maintain and promote truth and trustworthiness for the glory of God and our neighbor's good. Such oaths are approved in God's Word and were rightly used by Old and New Testament believers.
Q. May we swear by saints or other creatures? A. No. A legitimate oath means calling upon God as the one who knows my heart to witness to my truthfulness and to punish me if I swear falsely. No creature is worthy of such honor.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:19 — But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1Cor 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
- 1Cor 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
- 1Cor 7:28 — But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
- 2Cor 1:18 — But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- 2Cor 2:1 — But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
- 2Cor 10:6 — And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
- 2Cor 11:10 — As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
- 2Cor 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings
- 2Cor 13:2 — I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare
- 2Cor 13:2 — I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare
- 2Cor 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
- Acts 18:1 — After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
- Gal 1:20 — Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
- Num 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
- Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
- Rom 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
- Rom 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
- Rom 9:1 — I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
- Ruth 3:13 — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, the