'Saying' in the Bible

Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?

I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.