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

wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

and are not as Moses, who was putting a vail upon his own face, for the sons of Israel not stedfastly to look to the end of that which is being made useless,

but till to-day, when Moses is read, a vail upon their heart doth lie,

And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

Our mouth hath been open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart hath been enlarged!

and by their supplication in your behalf, longing after you because of the exceeding grace of God upon you;

And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed am humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

apart from the things without -- the crowding upon me that is daily -- the care of all the assemblies.

Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,