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. ”
پولُس دلیل تغییر برنامه‌اش را با قسم در نامهٔ دومش چنین نوشت :‏ « خدا را شاهد می‌گیرم که تنها به خاطر شفقت بر شما بود که به قُرِنتُس بازنگشتم .‏ »