Assuring them of the truthfulness of the reason for his change in plans, Paul wrote in his second letter: “I call upon God as a witness against my own soul that it is to spare you that I have not yet come to Corinth. ”
А потоа, наместо да отплови директно од Ефес за Коринт, Павле решил да им даде време да го применат неговиот совет пред да дојде.