2 Corinthians 1:23
Context1:23 Now I appeal to God as my witness, 1 that to spare 2 you I did not come again to Corinth. 3
2 Corinthians 2:2
Context2:2 For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad 4 but the one I caused to be sad?
2 Corinthians 12:15-16
Context12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! 5 If I love you more, am I to be loved less? 12:16 But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!


[1:23] 1 tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).
[1:23] 2 tn Here φειδόμενος (feidomeno") has been translated as a telic participle.
[1:23] 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.
[2:2] 4 tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”