I am not lying. —Galatians1:20. •On occasion, Paul found it necessary to swear to the truthfulness of what he wrote. When some in Corinth accused Paul of being untrustworthy, he wrote in his defense: “God can be relied upon that our speech addressed to you is not Yes and yet No.” (2Corinthians1:18) At the time of writing that, Paul had left Ephesus and was traveling through Macedonia on his way to Corinth. Originally, he had planned to revisit Corinth before going into Macedonia. (2Corinthians1:15,16) But some time after making his original plans, Paul received disturbing news that disunity and immorality were being tolerated in Corinth. (1Corinthians1:11; 5:1) To correct the situation, he wrote strong counsel in his first letter to the Corinthians. Then, instead of sailing directly from Ephesus to Corinth, Paul decided to give his brothers time to apply his counsel so that when he eventually arrived, his visit could be more encouraging.—2Corinthians1:23. *Pls do visit jw.org
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