Parallel Verses
- New 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.
- 新标点和合本 - 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。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 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。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 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。
- 当代译本 - 我求上帝为我做见证:我没有去哥林多,是为了宽容你们。
- 圣经新译本 - 我呼求 神给我作证,我没有再到哥林多来,是要宽容你们。
- 中文标准译本 - 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。
- 现代标点和合本 - 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。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 我呼吁上帝给我的心作见证,我没有往哥林多去是为要宽容你们。
- New International Version - 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.
- New International Reader's Version - 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.
- English Standard Version - But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
- The Message - 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.
- Christian 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.
- New American Standard Bible - But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
- New King James Version - Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.
- Amplified Bible - 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—
- American Standard Version - But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
- King James Version - Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
- New English Translation - Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
- World English Bible - But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.
- 新標點和合本 - 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。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 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。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 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。
- 當代譯本 - 我求上帝為我作見證:我沒有去哥林多,是為了寬容你們。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我呼求 神給我作證,我沒有再到哥林多來,是要寬容你們。
- 呂振中譯本 - 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。
- 中文標準譯本 - 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。
- 現代標點和合本 - 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。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我籲上帝以我心作證、我不適哥林多者、寬容爾也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我籲上帝鑒吾心、為不爾責、故不至哥林多、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我不復至 哥林多 、惟因寛容爾曹、我籲天主為我心作證、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 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。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Por mi vida! Pongo a Dios por testigo de que todavía no he ido a Corinto solo por consideración a ustedes.
- 현대인의 성경 - 내가 하나님을 증인으로 세워 말하지만 내가 고린도에 가지 않은 것은 여러분을 아끼는 마음에서입니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Бог свидетель того, что лишь жалея вас, я до сих пор не приходил с наказанием в Коринф.
- Восточный перевод - Всевышний свидетель того, что лишь жалея вас, я до сих пор не приходил с наказанием в Коринф.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Аллах свидетель того, что лишь жалея вас, я до сих пор не приходил с наказанием в Коринф.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всевышний свидетель того, что лишь жалея вас, я до сих пор не приходил с наказанием в Коринф.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Pourquoi donc ne suis-je pas encore revenu à Corinthe ? J’en prends Dieu à témoin sur ma vie : c’est parce que je voulais vous ménager ;
- リビングバイブル - この神に証人となっていただいて、少しの偽りもない真実を述べましょう。私がまだあなたがたを訪問しないでいるのは、信仰に関してきびしくしかりつけて、悲しい思いをさせたくないからです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Invoco a Deus como testemunha de que foi a fim de poupá-los que não voltei a Corinto.
- Hoffnung für alle - Warum bin ich dann nicht wie geplant nach Korinth gekommen? Ich rufe Gott als Zeugen an; er soll mich strafen, wenn ich nicht die Wahrheit sage: Es geschah nur, um euch zu schonen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Xin Đức Chúa Trời làm chứng cho tôi, sở dĩ tôi chưa đến Cô-rinh-tô thăm anh chị em vì muốn anh chị em khỏi bị khiển trách nặng nề.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าขออ้างพระเจ้าให้ทรงเป็นพยานแก่ข้าพเจ้าว่า ที่ขากลับข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้มาเมืองโครินธ์ก็เพื่องดเว้นโทษพวกท่านไว้ก่อน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าขอให้พระเจ้าผู้รู้อย่างลึกซึ้งถึงจิตใจเป็นพยานว่า ที่ข้าพเจ้าไม่ได้กลับมายังเมืองโครินธ์ก็เพื่อท่านจะได้ไม่ต้องลำบาก
Cross Reference
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
- 2 Corinthians 11:11 - Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows that I do.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 - For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.
- Romans 9:1 - With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.
- 2 Corinthians 10:2 - Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won’t have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives.
- 1 Timothy 1:20 - Hymenaeus and Alexander are two examples. I threw them out and handed them over to Satan so they might learn not to blaspheme God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:1 - So I decided that I would not bring you grief with another painful visit.
- 2 Corinthians 2:2 - For if I cause you grief, who will make me glad? Certainly not someone I have grieved.
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 - That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I do come, I won’t be grieved by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you all know that my joy comes from your being joyful.
- 2 Corinthians 10:6 - And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient.
- 2 Corinthians 10:7 - Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.
- 2 Corinthians 10:8 - I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But our authority builds you up; it doesn’t tear you down. So I will not be ashamed of using my authority.
- 2 Corinthians 10:9 - I’m not trying to frighten you by my letters.
- 2 Corinthians 10:10 - For some say, “Paul’s letters are demanding and forceful, but in person he is weak, and his speeches are worthless!”
- 2 Corinthians 10:11 - Those people should realize that our actions when we arrive in person will be as forceful as what we say in our letters from far away.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31 - God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, who is worthy of eternal praise, knows I am not lying.
- 2 Corinthians 1:18 - As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between “Yes” and “No.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 - Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.
- Philippians 1:8 - God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 13:2 - I have already warned those who had been sinning when I was there on my second visit. Now I again warn them and all others, just as I did before, that next time I will not spare them.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 - I am writing this to you before I come, hoping that I won’t need to deal severely with you when I do come. For I want to use the authority the Lord has given me to strengthen you, not to tear you down.
- Galatians 1:20 - I declare before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21 - Which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?
- Romans 1:9 - God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son.