⁸ For ^(A)God is my witness, ^(B)how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

^5 (A)For we never came with words of flattery,^[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—^(B)God is witness.

¹⁰ You are witnesses, and ^(A)God also, ^(B)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct towards you believers.

God's Sovereign Choice

9 ^(A)I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

²³ But ^(A)I call God to witness against me—it was ^(B)to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

^10 (A)As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine ^(B)will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

^31 (A)The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, ^(B)he who is blessed for ever, ^(C)knows that I am not lying.