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17 Cum ergo hoc voluissem, numquid levitate usus sum? aut quae cogito, secundum carnem cogito, ut sit apud me Est et Non?

18 Fidelis autem Deus, quia sermo noster, qui fuit apud vos, non est in illo Est et Non.

19 Dei enim Filius Jesus Christus, qui in vobis per nos praedicatus est, per me, et Silvanum, et Timotheum, non fuit Est et Non, sed Est in illo fuit.

20 Quotquot enim promissiones Dei sunt, in illo Est: ideo et per ipsum Amen Deo ad gloriam nostram.

21 Qui autem confirmat nos vobiscum in Christo, et qui unxit nos Deus:

22 qui et signavit nos, et dedit pignus Spiritus in cordibus nostris.

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17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner(A) so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

18 But as surely as God is faithful,(B) our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 19 For the Son of God,(C) Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[a](D) and Timothy(E)—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always(F) been “Yes.” 20 For no matter how many promises(G) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”(H) is spoken by us to the glory of God.(I) 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm(J) in Christ. He anointed(K) us, 22 set his seal(L) of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:19 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas