2 Corinthians 1:18 “But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and…”

2 Corinthians 1:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.

Darby Translation

Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.

Young's Literal Translation

and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,

Bible in Basic English

As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

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Cross references

“as”

Revelation 3:7 John 7:28 Revelation 3:14 2 Corinthians 1:23 2 Corinthians 11:31 John 8:26

Revelation 3:7 · BSB

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.

John 7:28 · BSB

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,

Revelation 3:14 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 1:23 · BSB

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

2 Corinthians 11:31 · BSB

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

John 8:26 · BSB

“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.”

Also

1 Corinthians 1:9 2 Corinthians 2:17

1 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

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

2 Corinthians 2:17 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

19For 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.”

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