"When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh…" — 2 Corinthians 1:17

2 Corinthians 1:17 · KJV

“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

Verse 16

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.

Verse 18

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

2 Corinthians 1 — Context

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.

Cross References

Matthew 5:37

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and {your} nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

2 Corinthians 10:2-3

But I beseech {you}, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. {think: or, reckon}

John 8:15

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

2 Corinthians 1:18-20

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

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I {am} against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets {are} light {and} treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.