2 Corinthians 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 10:2-3 : 2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh. 3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
  • Matt 5:37 : 37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
  • John 8:15 : 15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • 2 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes. 20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
  • 1 Thess 2:18 : 18 For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
  • Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 1:18-20
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    83%

    18 As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

    19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

    20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

  • 2 Cor 1:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 And being certain of this, it was my purpose to come to you before, so that you might have a second grace;

    16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

  • Jas 5:12
    72%

    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

  • 2 Cor 2:1
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    1 But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.

  • Matt 5:37
    71%

    37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

  • 2 Cor 12:16-18
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    16 But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

    17 Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

    18 I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

  • 2 Cor 11:9
    70%

    9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23 But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    69%

    12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • 1 Cor 16:6
    69%

    6 But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

  • Phlm 1:14
    69%

    14 But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
    69%

    2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 8:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

    11 Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

  • Gal 1:10
    69%

    10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • Rom 15:20
    68%

    20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • Gal 3:15
    68%

    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

  • 2 Cor 2:9
    68%

    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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    12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

  • Rom 1:10
    68%

    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

  • Gal 2:14
    68%

    14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

  • Gal 1:20
    68%

    20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
    68%

    3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  • Rom 9:1
    68%

    1 I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

  • Phlm 1:8
    67%

    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Gal 1:16
    67%

    16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Phil 1:18
    67%

    18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • Gal 5:10
    67%

    10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 2 Cor 8:21
    67%

    21 For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
    67%

    11 Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    67%

    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • 1 Thess 2:5
    67%

    5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

  • Gal 2:10
    67%

    10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

  • Phil 3:4
    67%

    4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    67%

    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Rom 1:13
    67%

    13 You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
    67%

    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
    67%

    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

  • Phlm 1:21
    67%

    21 Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
    67%

    6 For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

  • Acts 24:16
    67%

    16 And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    67%

    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
    67%

    11 For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.