17 Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans (A)according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? 18 As surely as (B)God is faithful, (C)our word to you has not been Yes and No. 19 For (D)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, (E)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but (F)in him it is always Yes.

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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.”

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Footnotes

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