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2 Corinthians 1:18

God's faithfulnessTruth and honesty

16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

17 When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

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Compare

BSB
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
KJV
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
WEB
But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
ASV
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
DARBY
Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.
BLB
But faithful [is] God, that our word to you⁺ is not “Yes” and “No.”
ÅB
Så sant Gud er trofast: mitt ord til dere er ikke ja og nei!
OTB
Men Gud er trofast, vårt ord til dere er ikke "Ja og nei."
B1930
Så sant Gud er trofast: mitt ord til eder er ikke ja og nei!

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 1:9

    God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

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  • Revelation 3:7

    To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

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  • Revelation 3:14

    To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

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  • John 7:28

    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:31

    The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:23

    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:17

    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

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  • John 8:26

    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

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