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ButδὲIἘγὼcallἐπικαλοῦμαιGodτὸν θεὸνas witnessμάρτυραonἐπὶmyτὴν ἐμὴνlifeψυχήνthatὅτιit wasto spareφειδόμενοςyouὑμῶνthatI did not come againοὐκέτι ἦλθονtoεἰςCorinth.Κόρινθον
2 Corinthians 1:23
Study it in the app“But I call God as witness on my life that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.”
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 1:23, word by word
- callἐπικαλοῦμαιepikaloumai
call on
To cry to God in prayer.
Where else “epikaloumai” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- as witnessμάρτυραmartyra
witness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyra” appears- myἐμὴνemēn
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emēn” appears- lifeψυχήνpsychēn
life
Literally "soul": one's being alive, which can be saved, lost or given.
Where else “psychēn” appears- to spareφειδόμενοςpheidomenos
spare
Not to punish someone, or not hold something back.
Where else “pheidomenos” appears- I did not come againἦλθονēlthon
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthon” appears- CorinthΚόρινθονKorinthon
Corinth
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Places in this verse
Corinth
Today: Ancient Corinth, near Corinth, Greece
A city in southern Greece, on the isthmus joining the north to the Peloponnese, between two seas.
Paul stayed there a year and a half and started the assembly (Acts 18:1, 11). He wrote it at least two letters (1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1).
The context
22who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 · This verse (above)
24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are co-workers for your joy; for you stand by faith.