2 Corinthians 1:18 (GNV)

Passage

Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:16 And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

2 Corinthians 1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I vse lightnesse? or minde I those thinges which I minde, according to the flesh, that with me should be, Yea, yea, and Nay, nay?

2 Corinthians 1:18 Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.

2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Sonne of God Iesus Christ, who was preached among you by vs, that is, by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not Yea, and Nay: but in him it was Yea.

2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are Yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God through vs.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "faithfull", "worde", and "towarde". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "faithfull", 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 Sonne of God Iesus Christ...", so "faith" and "faithfull" 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 "faithfull" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.