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I Do Not Make My Plans Lightly, But I Changed My Plans In Order To Spare You

17 Therefore, while intending this, I did not then act with lightness, did I ? Or do I plan[a] the things which I plan according-to the flesh— so that[b] there is with me the yes, yes, and the no, no? 18 But as God is faithful[c], our message to you is not yes and no. 19 For God’s Son Jesus Christ, the One having been proclaimed among you by us— by me and Silvanus and Timothy— did not become[d] yes and no, but has become yes in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:17 Or, decide, resolve.
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:17 That is, so that my plans or my message are based on human uncertainty or whim.
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:18 as God is faithful. This is an oath, like 11:10 and Rom 14:11.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:19 Or, was not; or, did not prove-to-be.

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