Paul’s Change of Plans
2 Corinthians 1:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
- KJV
- But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- WEB
- But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
- ASV
- But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
- LSV
- And God [is] faithful, that our word to you did not become Yes and No,
- YLT
- and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
- DBY
- Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.Elohim
- DRC
- But God is faithful, for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.
- GNV
- Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔστιν (“was”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐγένετο (“it came to pass”).
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- SBLGNT: ἔστιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔστιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐγένετο.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- πιστὸς δὲ ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἔστιν Ναὶ καὶ Οὔ.
- RP2018
- Πιστὸς δὲ ὁ θεός, ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἐγένετο Ναὶ καὶ οὔ.
- TR-Boyd
- Πιστὸς δὲ ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἐγένετο Ναὶ καὶ οὔ.
- SCR1894
- πιστος δε ο θεος οτι ο λογος ημων ο προς υμας ουκ εγενετο ναι και ου
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
- Revelation 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
- John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
- John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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