2 Corinthians 1:18

But God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17When therefore I purposed this, did I act with levity? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay?

19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not made yea and nay, but has been made yea in him.

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Cross References

John 8:26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I speak to the world.

2 Corinthians 1:23But I invoke God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not yet to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 11:31God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forevermore, knows that I lie not.

Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut, and shuts, and no one 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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