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2 Corinthians 1:18
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Just like you can trust in what God says, you can trust our word as well.
But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.
Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.
As God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes and no."
But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
As God is faithful, our word to you hath not been yea and nay.
As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."
But as God is true, our word toward you, was not yea and nay.
But God is faithful, that our word to you did not become yes and no.
God is my witness, I never prevaricated with you.
But [as surely as] God is faithful and means what He says, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No" [at the same time].
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
God is faythfull: For oure preachynge vnto you was not ye and naye.
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yes and no.
But [as] God [is] true, our word towards you was not yea and nay.
and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
But since you can believe God, you can believe that what we tell you is never both yes and no.
But as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."
God can be trusted, and so can I, when I say that our answer to you has always been "Yes" and never "No."
As surely as God is trustworthy, we don't say "Yes" when we mean "No."
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.
But as God is true, our word to you was not yes and no.
But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
As certainly as God is faithful, our word to you is not "Yes" and "No."
Faithful is Aloha that our word with you was not Yes and No.
God is the witness, that our word to you was not Yes and No.
But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between "Yes" and "No."
As God is true, my yes means yes. I am not the kind of person who says one thing and means another.
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been "Yes and No."
Faithful, however, is God, in that, our discourse, which was delivered unto you, is not Yea and Nay;
But God is faithful: for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
But God is faithful, so that our word to you is not "yes" and "no."
God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.
But if you can believe God, then you can believe that what we tell you is never both yes and no.
But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
As surely as God speaks the truth, my promise to you was not a "Yes" and a "No."
But God is trewe, for oure word that was at you is and is not, is not ther ynne, but is is in it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as: 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 11:31, John 7:28, John 8:26, 1 John 5:20, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:14
word: or, preaching
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 7:9 - the faithful Matthew 11:7 - A reed John 3:33 - hath set Romans 3:4 - let God 2 Corinthians 1:17 - yea 2 Corinthians 6:7 - the word 2 Corinthians 7:14 - we 2 Corinthians 12:6 - I will
Cross-References
It goeth forth fro the one ende of the heauen, and runneth aboute vnto the same ende agayne, & there maye no ma hyde himself fro the heate therof.
Thus saieth the LORDE which gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye, and the Moone and starres to shyne in the night: which moueth the see, so that the floudes therof waxe fearce: his name is the LORDE of hoostes.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But as God is true,.... It seems that the false apostles had insinuated, that as the apostle had not kept his word in coming to them as he had promised, that he was not to be depended upon in his ministry; that he might as well contradict himself, and deceive others in the one, as well as in the other: wherefore he appeals to God in a very solemn manner, calls him to witness to the truth of his doctrine; for these words may be considered as the form of an oath; or he argues from, the truth and faithfulness of God, to the certainty and invariableness of the word preached, who is so true and faithful as that he will never suffer his word to be yea and nay: for when the apostle says, that
our word towards you was not yea and nay, he does not mean his word of promise to come to Corinth; but the word of his preaching, the doctrine of the Gospel, which was not uncertain, changeable, sometimes one thing, and sometimes another, and contradictory to itself. And by this the apostle would intimate, that since he was faithful and upright, uniform, consistent, and all of a piece in preaching the Gospel to them; so they ought to believe, that he was sincere in his resolutions and promises to come and see them, though as yet he had been hindered, and had not been able to perform them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But as God is true - Tyndale renders this in accordance more literally with the Greek, “God is faithful; for our preaching unto you was not yea and nay.” The phrase seems to have the form of an oath, or to be a solemn appeal to God as a Witness, and to be equivalent to the expression “the Lord liveth,” or “as the Lord liveth.” The idea is,” God is faithful and true. He never deceives; never promises that which he does not perform. So true is it that I am not fickle and changing in my purposes.” This idea of the faithfulness of God is the argument which Paul urges why he felt himself bound to be faithful also. That faithful God he regarded as a witness, and to that God he could appeal on the occasion.
Our word - Margin, “preaching” (ὁ λόγος ho logos. This may refer either to his preaching, to his promises of visiting them, or his declarations to them in general on any subject. The particular subject under discussion was the promise which he had made to visit them. But he here seems to make his affirmation general, and to say universally of his promises, and his teaching, and of all his communications to them, whether orally or in writing, that they were not characterized by inconstancy and changeableness. It was not his character to be fickle, unsettled, and vacillating.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. But as God is true — Setting the God of truth before my eyes, I could not act in this way: and as sure as he is true, so surely were my purposes sincere; and it was only my uncertainty about your state that induced me to postpone my visit. See 2 Corinthians 1:23.
