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23 But (A)I call God as witness [a]to my soul, that (B)to spare you I did not come again to (C)Corinth.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:23 Lit upon

But I determined this [a]for my own sake, that I (A)would not come to you again in sorrow.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 2:1 Or as far as I am concerned

And this is the very thing I (A)wrote you, so that (B)when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having (C)confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

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20 For I am afraid that perhaps (A)when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be (B)strife, jealousy, (C)outbursts of anger, (D)selfish ambition, (E)slanders, (F)gossip, (G)arrogance, (H)disturbances.

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I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have (A)sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that (B)if I come again I will not (C)spare anyone,

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10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present (A)I need not use (B)severity, in accordance with the (C)authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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