2 Corinthians 1:21-23

Complete Jewish Bible

²¹ Moreover, it is God who sets both us and you in firm union with the Messiah; he has anointed us, ²² put his seal on us, and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee for the future.

²³ I call God to witness — he knows what my life is like — that the reason I held back from coming to Corinth was out of consideration for you!