Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Or, je prends Dieu à témoin sur mon âme, que c'est pour vous épargner que je ne suis plus allé à Corinthe;
KJV
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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