Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
- BSB I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
- NKJV (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)
- NASB (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)
- NLT I declare before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Rom 9:1I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
- 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.
- 2 Cor 11:10–11As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
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