2 Corinthians 1:18

Faithful, however, is God, in that, our discourse, which was [delivered] unto you, is not Yea and Nay;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17This, then, being my purpose, perhaps, after all, with lightness, I dealt [with the matter]? or, the things that I purpose, according to the flesh, I purpose,—that, with me, should be the Yea, yea, and the Nay, nay?

19For, the Son of God, Christ Jesus—who, among you, through us, was proclaimed,—through me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, became not Yea and Nay,—but Yea, in him, hath it become;

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Cross References

John 8:26Many things, have I, concerning you, to speak, and to judge; but, he who sent me, is, true, and, I, what things I heard from him, the same, speak I unto the world.

2 Corinthians 1:23But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul,—that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:

2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus, knoweth—He who is blessed unto the ages—that I am not speaking falsely:

Revelation 3:7And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Philadelphia, write:—These things, saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no one shall shut, and shutteth and no one openeth:

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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