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2 Corinthians 1:15-22
New International Version
2 Corinthians 1:15-22
New International Version
15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you(A) first so that you might benefit twice.(B) 16 I wanted to visit you on my way(C) to Macedonia(D) and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way(E) to Judea.(F) 17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner(G) so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
18 But as surely as God is faithful,(H) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of God,(I) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[a](J) and Timothy(K)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always(L) been “Yes.” 20 For no matter how many promises(M) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”(N) is spoken by us to the glory of God.(O) 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm(P) in Christ. He anointed(Q) us, 22 set his seal(R) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(S)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
2 Corinthians 1:15-22
International Standard Version
2 Corinthians 1:15-22
International Standard Version
Why Paul’s Visit Was Postponed
15 Because I was confident, I planned to come to you first so you might receive a double blessing. 16 I planned to leave you in order to go[a] to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.
17 When I planned this, I did not do it lightly, did I? Are my plans so fickle[b] that I can say “Yes” and “No”[c] at the same time? 18 As certainly as God is faithful, we haven’t talked to you with mixed messages like that.[d] 19 For God’s Son, Jesus the Messiah,[e] who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No.” But with him it is always “Yes.” 20 For all God’s promises are “Yes” in him. And so through him we can say “Amen,”[f] to the glory of God. 21 Now the one who makes us—and you as well—secure in union with the Messiah[g] and has anointed us is God, 22 who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:16 Lit. To go through you
- 2 Corinthians 1:17 Lit. according to the flesh
- 2 Corinthians 1:17 Lit. “Yes, yes” and “No, no”
- 2 Corinthians 1:18 Lit. faithful, our word to you is not “Yes” and “No”
- 2 Corinthians 1:19 Or Christ
- 2 Corinthians 1:20 Lit. through him is the “Amen”
- 2 Corinthians 1:21 Or Christ
2 Corinthians 1:15-22
King James Version
2 Corinthians 1:15-22
King James Version
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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