Solicitude for Israel

9 ^(A)I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

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.

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, ^(A)He who is blessed forever, ^(B)knows that I am not lying.