2 Corinthians 1:17 — Meaning and Application

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“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?”

2 Corinthians 1:17

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And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; {benefit: or, grace}

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.

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?

But {as} God {is} true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. {word: or, preaching}

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.

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2 Corinthians 1:1

"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy {our} brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:"

2 Corinthians 1:2

"Grace {be} to you and peace from God our Father, and {from} the Lord Jesus Christ."

2 Corinthians 1:3

"Blessed {be} God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"

2 Corinthians 1:4

"Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."

2 Corinthians 1:5

"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ."

2 Corinthians 1:6

"And whether we be afflicted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation. {is effectual: or, is wrought}"

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