| ….Because I was confident of this, I wanted to come to you first so that you might receive a second benefit; that is, I wanted to visit you as I passed through on my way to Macedonia, and to visit again on my way back through so that I could have you help me on my way to Judea. So did I show fickleness when I wanted to do this? Or were the decisions I made impulsive? As if I say both “yes, yes!” and “no, no!” in the same breath? Now, as surely as God is trustworthy, our language to you is not both “yes” and “no” at the same time. For the son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we (myself, along with Silvanus and Timothy) proclaimed to you was not both yes and no. On the contrary, in Him it is always yes. For as many promises as God has made, they are all “yes” in Him. For this very reason, it is through Christ that your “amen” ascends to God for his glory through us. | 15-20 |
| ….Now, it is God himself who both establishes us with you in Christ and also anoints us. He also sealed us by putting the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. I myself call upon God as a witness against my very life- it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth. We don’t say this to lord it over you in regards to your faith. On the contrary, we are fellow-workers for your joy, because you stand firm in your faith. | 21-24 |
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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (NIGTC) by Murray J. Harris II Corinthians (ABC) by Victor Paul Furnish BDAG A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament by Max Zerwick |
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