2Cor.1.23

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.

2Cor.1.23

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

2Cor.1.23

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

2Cor.1.23

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.