URV
23. مَیں خُدا کو گواہ کرتا ہُوں کہ مَیں اَب تک کُرِنتھُس میں اِس واسطے نہِیں آیا کہ مُجھے تُم پر رحم آتا تھا۔

IRVUR
23. मैं ख़ुदा को गवाह करता हूँ कि मैं अब तक कुरिन्थुस में इस वास्ते नहीं आया कि मुझे तुम पर रहम आता है।



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

AMP
23. But I call upon God as my soul's witness: it was to avoid hurting you that I refrained from coming to Corinth--

KJVP
23. Moreover G1161 CONJ I G1473 P-1NS call G1941 V-PMI-1S God G2316 N-ASM for a record G3144 N-ASM upon G1909 PREP my G1699 S-1ASF soul G5590 N-ASF , that G3754 CONJ to spare G5339 V-PNP-NSM you G5216 P-2GP I came G2064 V-2AAI-1S not as yet G3765 ADV unto G1519 PREP Corinth G2882 N-ASF .

YLT
23. And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;

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

WEB
23. But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to Corinth to spare you.

NASB
23. But I call upon God as witness, on my life, that it is to spare you that I have not yet gone to Corinth.

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

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

RSV
23. But I call God to witness against me -- it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth.

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

MKJV
23. And I call God as witness to my soul that in order to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

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

NRSV
23. But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.

NIV
23. I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

NIRV
23. I call God as my witness. I wanted to spare you. So I didn't return to Corinth.

NLT
23. 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.

MSG
23. Now, are you ready for the real reason I didn't visit you in Corinth? As God is my witness, the only reason I didn't come was to spare you pain. I was being considerate of you, not indifferent, not manipulative.

GNB
23. I call God as my witness---he knows my heart! It was in order to spare you that I decided not to go to Corinth.

NET
23. Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

ERVEN
23. I tell you this, and I ask God to be my witness that this is true: The reason I did not come back to Corinth was that I did not want to punish or hurt you.