2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

But I call God as witness to my soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.