001:016 and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan
was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward
by you to Judaea.
001:017 Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this?
Or the purposes which I form—do I form them on worldly principles,
now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"?
001:018 As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No."
001:019 For Jesus Christ the Son of God—He who was proclaimed
among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself—
did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No."
But it was and always is "Yes" with Him.
001:020 For all the promises of God, whatever their number, have their
confirmation in Him; and for this reason through Him also our "Amen"
acknowledges their truth and promotes the glory of God
through our faith.
001:021 But He who is making us as well as you stedfast through union
with the Anointed One, and has anointed us, is God,
001:022 and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit
into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing.
001:023 But as for me, as my soul shall answer for it, I appeal to God
as my witness, that it was to spare you pain that I gave up
my visit to Corinth.
001:024 Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith—
we do, however, desire to help your joy—for in the matter
of your faith you are standing firm.
002:001 But, so far as I am concerned, I have resolved not to have
a painful visit the next time I come to see you.