1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, 1 that to spare 2 you I did not come again to Corinth. 3 1:24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. 4 2:1 So 5 I made up my own mind 6 not to pay you another painful visit. 7
1 tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).
2 tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.
3 sn Paul had promised to come again to visit (see 2 Cor 1:15, 24) but explains here why he had changed his plans.
4 tn Or “because you stand firm in the faith.”
7 tc Although usually δέ (de, “now”; found in א A C D1 F G Ψ 0285 Ï lat) should take precedent over γάρ (gar) in textually disputed places in the corpus Paulinum, the credentials for γάρ here are not easily dismissed (Ì46 B 0223 0243 33 1739 1881 al); here it is the preferred reading, albeit slightly.
8 tn Or “I decided this for myself.”
9 tn Grk “not to come to you again in sorrow.”