But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
- KJV But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- NKJV But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.
- NASB But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
- NLT As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between “Yes” and “No.”
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Quick answer
As surely as God is faithful, Paul's message to the Corinthians was not a wavering 'yes and no.' His word is reliable because it rests on God's faithfulness.
Overview
Paul grounds the trustworthiness of his ministry in the character of God Himself, who is faithful. The reliability of the messenger is tied to the reliability of the God he serves and the message he proclaims. This pivots from a defense of travel plans to a profound statement about the unwavering truthfulness of the gospel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Cor 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- Rev 3:7To 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.
- Rev 3:14To 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.
- John 7:28Then 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,
- 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
- 2 Cor 2:17For 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.
- 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.”
- 2 Cor 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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In Christ all God's promises are 'Yes and Amen'; though rich, he became poor to make us rich, and in him God reconciles the world, making us new creations.
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