Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness?

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; {with: or, in}

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

But I beseech {you}, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. {think: or, reckon}

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

But {as} God {is} true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. {word: or, preaching}

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God {is} witness:

Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and {in} the spirit of meekness?

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; {with: or, in}

But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. {break: Heb. profane}

Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, {that} if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, {as} the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

But {as} God {is} true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. {word: or, preaching}

As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. {no man...: Gr. this boasting shall not be stopped in me}

Also now, behold, my witness {is} in heaven, and my record {is} on high. {on high: Heb. in the high places}

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: {but} according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. {that thou...: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me}

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I {am} pure from the blood of all {men}.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: