For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayers
But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;