2 Corinthians 1:18 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:16 And 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 Judaea.

2 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?

2 Corinthians 1:18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Corinthians 1:19 For 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.

2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "true", "word", and "toward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "true" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "When I therefore was thus minded did..." into verse 19's "For the Son of God Jesus Christ...", so "true" and "word" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "true" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.