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

我呼吁神给我的心作见证，我没有往哥林多去是为要宽容你们。

我指着我的性命求告上帝作证，我没有再往哥林多去是为了要宽容你们。

我指着我的性命求告神作证，我没有再往哥林多去是为了要宽容你们。

我求上帝为我作证：我没有去哥林多，是为了宽容你们。

我呼求神给我作证，我没有再到哥林多来，是要宽容你们。

我求告神为我的灵魂见证：我没有再往哥林多去，是因为顾惜你们。

我呼籲神給我的心作見證，我沒有往哥林多去是為要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命求告上帝作證，我沒有再往哥林多去是為了要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命求告神作證，我沒有再往哥林多去是為了要寬容你們。

我求上帝為我作證：我沒有去哥林多，是為了寬容你們。

我呼求神給我作證，我沒有再到哥林多來，是要寬容你們。

我指着我的性命呼求上帝作證，我沒有再往哥林多去、是顧惜你們。

我求告神為我的靈魂見證：我沒有再往哥林多去，是因為顧惜你們。

我籲上帝以我心作證、我不適哥林多者、寬容爾也、

我籲上帝鑒吾心、為不爾責、故不至哥林多、

我不復至哥林多、惟因寛容爾曹、我籲天主為我心作證、

吾呼天主為證、吾之所以未來格林多者、乃為爾等着想、不欲予爾等以難堪耳。

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.

I call God to be my witness. May he take my life if I’m lying. I wanted to spare you, so I didn’t return to Corinth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you

( In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)

What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?

I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—

For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed— God is witness.

being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.For they say,“ His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.

And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish— that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

I am speaking the truth in Christ— I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.