2 Corinthians 1:18

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"

19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I did not come to Corinth to spare you.

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

Revelation 3:7"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:"These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who 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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