2 Corinthians 1:18

But God is true; for our preaching to you was not yes and no:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

In Context

17In forming this purpose, did I, therefore, behave with levity? or do I purpose what I purpose, according to the flesh, that there may be with me, yes yes, and no, no?

19for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Sylvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him was yes.

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Cross References

John 8:26I have many things to say, and to judge with respect to you; but he that sent me is true; and what things I have heard from him, these I speak to the world.

2 Corinthians 1:23But I call on God as a witness against my soul, that wishing to spare you, I did not go to Corinth;

2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.

Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens;

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:16-24

Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa. 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.… Read the whole commentary →

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