17 Therefore, when I[a] was wanting to do this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my “yes” may be “yes” and my “no” may be “no” at the same time?[b] 18 But God is faithful, so that our word to you is not “yes” and “no.” 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become “yes” and “no,” but has become “yes” in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was wanting”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:17 *The words “at the same time” are supplied for clarity