2 Corinthians 1:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 2 Cor 1:23 : 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 2:17 : 17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see 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.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:
  • John 7:28 : 28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 1:19-21
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    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.

    21 Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;

  • 2 Cor 1:17
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    17 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?

  • 1 Thess 2:3-6
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    3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

    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,

    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

  • Jas 5:12
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    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 1:12-14
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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.

    13 For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

    14 Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 1:8-9
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    8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Rom 3:4
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    4 In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • Matt 5:37
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    37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

  • 2 Pet 1:16
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    16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

  • 2 Cor 6:8
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    8 By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;

  • Gal 1:20
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    20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

  • 1 Thess 1:8-9
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    8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

    9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

  • 1 Cor 1:6
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    6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

  • 1 Thess 2:9-10
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    9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

    10 You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8 Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it.

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14 For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

  • 1 Thess 2:1
    70%

    1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:

  • 2 Tim 2:13
    70%

    13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

  • 2 Cor 1:23-24
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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.

    24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

  • 2 Thess 3:3
    69%

    3 But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

  • Gal 1:11
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    11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

  • Titus 1:2
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    2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • Jude 1:17
    69%

    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 2 Thess 2:2
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    2 That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

  • Rom 9:1
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    1 I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • Titus 1:14
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    14 Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

  • 2 Thess 2:15
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    15 So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

  • 2 John 1:2
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    2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

  • Gal 2:5
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    5 To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.