2 Corinthians 1:18

But God is faithful, that our word which is to you is not yes and no.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Then wishing this, whether did I use lightness of purpose? or the things which I counsel, do I counsel according to the flesh, in order that it may be with me yes yes and no no?

19For Christ Jesus, the Son of God, the one being preached by us, through me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but it was yes in him.

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Cross References

John 8:26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you; but the One having sent me is true; those things which I heard with Him, these I speak to the world.

2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God to witness to my soul, that sparing you I did not yet come into Corinth:

2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one being blessed forever, knows that I lie not.

Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; The holy, true one, the one having the key of David, the one opening, and no one shall shut; and the one shutting, and no one shall open; says these things.

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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