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.

¹⁰ But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes ^(A)in the presence of Christ,

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.