But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul, - that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:

For, whether we have been beside ourselves, it hath been for God, or, whether we are sober-minded, it is for you.

I have said beforehand, and do say beforehand, - as present the second time, although now absent, unto them who before sinned, and unto all the rest, - that, if I come again, I will not spare.