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2 Corinthians 1:23

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

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ἘγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μάρτυραmarturafor a recordμάρτυς (martus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “for a record”, the object formG3144a witness; an eye- or ear-witness.for a recordτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐπικαλοῦμαιepikaloumaito callἐπικαλέω (epikaleō)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to call”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1941(a) I call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: I call upon, appeal to, address.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐμὴνemēnmyἐμός (emós)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “my”, the object formG1699Strong’s files this form under G1473 (ἐγώ).myψυχήνpsuchēnsoulψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “soul”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.soulὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatφειδόμενοςpheidomenosto spareφείδομαι (pheidomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to spare”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5339I spare, abstain, forbear.This verse uses “spare”.to spareὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.youοὐκέτιouketino + ἔτι=stillοὐκέτιadverb — “no + ἔτι=still”G3765Strong’s files this form under G2089 (ἔτι).not as yetἦλθονēlthonto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.εἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoΚόρινθονkorinthonCorinthΚόρινθος (korinthos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Corinth”, the object formG2882Corinth, in north-east Peloponnese, the capital of the Roman province Achaia.Corinth

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.

Douay-Rheims

But I call God to witness upon my soul, that to spare you, I came not any more to Corinth:

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