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2 Corinthians 1:17 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 1 · verse 17
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 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 1:17 in context
15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16And 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.
17When 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?
18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19For 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- mindedbouleuōto deliberate with one s self, consider, to take counsel, resolveG1011 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- thustoutothat , thisG5124 →
- usemētiwhether, at all, perchanceG3385 →
- usearatherefore, so then, whereforeG686 →
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The apostle here vindicates himself from the imputation of levity and inconstancy, in that he did not hold his purpose of coming to them at Corinth. His adversaries there sought all occasions to blemish his character, and reflect upon his conduct;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-24