⁹ For ^(A)God, whom I ^(B)serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly ^(C)I make mention of you,

Deep Concern for Israel

9 ^(A)I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

²³ But ^(A)I call God as witness to my soul, that it was ^(B)to spare you that I did not come again to ^(C)Corinth.

²⁰ I have been ^(A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but ^(B)Christ lives in me; and ^[a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(C)the Son of God, who ^(D)loved me and ^(E)gave Himself up for me.