2 Corinthians 1:18–20
Paul says all of God's promises have their Yes in the Messiah
Study it word by word18But as God is faithful, our word to you is not “Yes and No.”
19For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become “Yes and No,” but in him “Yes” has come to be.
20For as many as are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him goes the “Amen” to God for glory through us.
In its context
16and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come back from Macedonia to you and to be sent on my way by you to Judea.
17So when I intended this, surely I did not act with fickleness? Or what I plan, do I plan it according to the flesh, so that with me there may be “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
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21And the one who establishes us with you in the Messiah and anointed us is God,
22who also sealed us and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
Its words in the original
- πιστὸςpistos· faithful, believing
Faithful, trustworthy; also believing, a believer.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- λόγοςlogos· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- ἔστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- ΝαὶNai· yes
Yes.
- υἱὸςhuios· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ΧριστὸςChristos· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- κηρυχθείςkērychtheis· proclaim
Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.
- ΣιλουανοῦSilouanou· Silvanus
Silvanus: a co-worker of Paul, the Silas of Acts.
- ΤιμοθέουTimotheou· Timothy
Timothy: a disciple and companion of Paul, of a Jewish mother and a Greek father.
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ἐπαγγελίαιepangeliai· promise
Promise.
- διὸdio· therefore
"Therefore", "for this reason".
- ἈμὴνAmēn· truly, amen
Amen: a Hebrew word meaning "so it is", "it is firm". Jesus uses it at the start of a saying to affirm what he is about to say: "truly".
- δόξανdoxan· glory
Glory: splendor, honor, the weight of God's presence.