2 Corinthians 1:19
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.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
- WEB
- For 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.”
- ASV
- For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
- DARBY
- For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea *is* in him.
- BLB
- For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, having been proclaimed among you⁺ by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has been “Yes” in Him.
- ÅB
- For Guds Sønn, Kristus Jesus, han som ble forkynt iblant dere ved oss, ved meg og Silvanus og Timoteus, han var ikke ja og nei, men ja er der blitt i ham;
- OTB
- For Guds Sønn, Kristus Jesus, som ble forkynt blant dere av oss—av meg og Silvanus og Timoteus—var ikke "Ja og nei," men i Ham er det blitt "Ja."
- B1930
- For Guds Sønn, Kristus Jesus, han som blev forkynt iblandt eder ved oss, ved mig og Silvanus og Timoteus, han var ikke ja og nei, men ja er der blitt i ham;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Read in contextRevelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Read in context2 John 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Read in contextRevelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Read in contextRevelation 2:18
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Read in context1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Read in contextActs 18:5
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Read in contextActs 15:22
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
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