2 Corinthians 1:18 (DBY)

Passage

Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:16 and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.

2 Corinthians 1:17 Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?

2 Corinthians 1:18 Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.

2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, he who has been preached by us among you (by me and Silvanus and Timotheus), did not become yea and nay, but yea *is* in him.

2 Corinthians 1:20 For whatever promises of God [there are], in him is the yea, and in him the amen, for glory to God by us.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Having therefore this purpose did I then..." into verse 19's "For the Son of God Jesus Christ...", so "faith" and "faithful" 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 "faith" and "faithful" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.