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2 Corinthians 1:18

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

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ASV

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

KJV

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
πιστὸςpistosFaithfulG4103 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεός,theosGod [is],G2316 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
λόγοςlogoswordG3056 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔστινestinwasG1510 →
ναὶnaiYesG3483 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὔ·ouNo;G3756 →

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Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.Revelation 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,John 3:33Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.2 Corinthians 12:6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

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