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;
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: