II Corinthians 1:17
“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?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Corinthians 1:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
As this was my plan, where, pray, did I show any fickleness of purpose? Or do you think that my plans are formed on mere impulse, so that in the same breath I say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’?
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Habe ich nun, indem ich mir dieses vornahm, mich etwa der Leichtfertigkeit bedient? Oder was ich mir vornehme, nehme ich mir das nach dem Fleische vor, auf daß bei mir das Ja ja und das Nein nein wäre?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Así que, pretendiendo esto, ¿usé quizá de liviandad? ó lo que pienso hacer, ¿piénsolo según la carne, para que haya en mí Sí y No?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Quando eu planejei isso, por acaso fiz de forma irresponsável? Ou o que eu planejo, planejo segundo a carne, para que eu diga sim e não ao mesmo tempo ?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quando eu planejava isso, por acaso hesitava? Por acaso, planejo coisas de acordo com padrões humanos, de modo que digo: "sim, sim" e "não, não", ao mesmo tempo?
📖 II 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 Judea.
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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