2 CORINTHIANS 1:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us — by me and Silas and Timothy — was not 'Yes' and 'No,' but in him it is always 'Yes' — Jesus Christ is the ultimate ground of consistency. In him, all of God's promises find their yes (panta gar ...nai). The incarnate Christ is the fulfillment of every divine commitment, the place where divine faithfulness becomes incarnate.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:19
“For the Son of God,” says he, “Who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay.” For on this account he brings before them the company of the teachers also, as thence too giving credibility to the testimony by those who taught, and not who heard it only. And yet they were disciples; however in his modesty he counts them as in the rank of teachers. But what is, “was not yea and nay?” I have never, he says, unsaid what before I…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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