2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 12:6; 2 Corinthians 13:2

2 Corinthians 1:23

23 But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 12:6

6 For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.

2 Corinthians 13:2

2 I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,