2 Corinthians 1:18

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Having, then, this purpose, did I act with levity? Or in my purposes do I resolve according to the flesh, that with me there should be now yea, yea, and now nay, nay?

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

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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 I speak to the world what I heard from him.

2 Corinthians 1:23But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;

2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I am not lying.

Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he who is holy, he who is true, he who hath the key of David; he who openeth, and no one shall shut; and shutteth, and no one shall open:

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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