Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no';
New American Standard Bible
But as
King James Version
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
Holman Bible
As God is faithful,
International Standard Version
As certainly as God is faithful, we haven't talked to you with mixed messages like that.
A Conservative Version
But God is faithful, because our word toward you became not, yes and no.
American Standard Version
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.
Amplified
But [as surely as] God is faithful and means what He says, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No” [at the same time].
An Understandable Version
But just as certainly as God is dependable, our message to you is not [both] "yes" and "no" [at the same time].
Anderson New Testament
But God is true; for our preaching to you was not yes and no:
Bible in Basic English
As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.
Common New Testament
But as surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
Daniel Mace New Testament
God is my witness, I never prevaricated with you.
Darby Translation
Now God is faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.
Godbey New Testament
But God is faithful, that our word which is to you is not yes and no.
Goodspeed New Testament
As surely as God can be relied on, there has been no equivocation about our message to you.
John Wesley New Testament
As God is faithful, our word to you hath not been yea and nay.
Julia Smith Translation
And God faithful, for our word to you was not yea or nay.
King James 2000
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But God [is] faithful, so that our word to you is not "yes" and "no."
Modern King James verseion
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yes and no.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
God is faithful: For our preaching unto you, was not "yea" and "nay."
Montgomery New Testament
As God is faithful, my message to you is not now "Yes," now "No."
NET Bible
But as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."
New Heart English Bible
But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not "Yes and no."
Noyes New Testament
But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.
Sawyer New Testament
But as God is faithful, our word to you was not yes and no.
The Emphasized Bible
Faithful, however, is God, in that, our discourse, which was delivered unto you, is not Yea and Nay;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But as sure as God is true, our word to you was not yea and nay.
Twentieth Century New Testament
As God is true, the Message that we brought you does not waver between 'Yes' and 'No'!
Webster
But as God is true, our word towards you was not yea and nay.
Weymouth New Testament
As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."
Williams New Testament
As certainly as God is to be trusted, my message to you has not been a "Yes" that might mean "No."
World English Bible
But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
Worrell New Testament
But, as God is faithful, our word to you is not "Yea" and "Nay."
Worsley New Testament
But the faithful God, He knows, that our word to you was not yes and no.
Youngs Literal Translation
and God is faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,
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References
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 1:18
Images 2 Corinthians 1:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Delays His Visit To Corinth
17 Such was my intention. Now, have I shown myself 'fickle'? When I propose some plan, do I propose it in a worldly way, ready to mean 'no' as well as 'yes'? 18 By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no'; 19 for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us (by myself and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not 'yes and no' ??the divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:9
Faithful is the God who called you to this fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 7:28
So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,
John 8:26
I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."
2 Corinthians 1:23
I call God to witness against my soul, it was to spare you that I refrained from revisiting Corinth.
2 Corinthians 2:17
I am, for I am not like most, adulterating the word of God; like a man of sincerity, like a man of God, I speak the word in Christ before the very presence of God.
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed for ever, He knows I am telling the truth!
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.
Revelation 3:7
Then to the angel of the church at Philadelphia write thus: ??These are the words of the true Holy One, who holds the key of David, who opens and none shall shut, who shuts and none shall open.
Revelation 3:14
Then to the angel of the church at Laodicea write thus: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God's creation.