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2 Corinthians 1:20

For as many as the promises of God are, in Him they are yes; therefore through Him also is our Amen to the glory of God through us.
2 Corinthians 1:20 · New American Standard Bible
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  • WEB For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.
  • KJV For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
  • BSB For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
  • NKJV For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
  • NLT For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.

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Every promise of God finds its 'Yes' in Christ, so through Him believers say 'Amen' to God's glory. Christ is the fulfillment of all God has promised.

Overview

This is a central gospel statement: all the promises God ever made are confirmed and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Believers respond with 'Amen,' affirming these promises through Him for God's glory. The verse assures Christians that nothing God has pledged will fail, because every promise is secured in the person and work of Christ.

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  • 1 Jn 2:24–25Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
  • Gal 3:22But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
  • Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
  • Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Eph 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
  • Eph 1:12–14to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
  • Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
  • Rev 3:14“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:
  • Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
  • Isa 65:16so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
  • Heb 6:12–19that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
  • Heb 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
  • Heb 7:6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
  • John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • Acts 13:32–39We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
  • Ps 72:17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
  • 1 Cor 14:16Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?
  • 1 Jn 5:11The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Isa 9:6–7For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Isa 7:14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
  • Acts 3:25–26You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.’
  • Ps 102:16For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
  • John 3:5Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
  • Luke 1:68–74“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
  • 2 Cor 4:15For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
  • Col 1:27to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;
  • 1 Pet 1:12To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 3:8–10To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Rom 15:7–9Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
  • Gen 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
  • Gal 3:16–18Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants ”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring ”, which is Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
  • Heb 9:10–15being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
  • Heb 11:39–40These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
  • Gen 22:18All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.”
  • 2 Th 1:10when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

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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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