2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
For this reason it is through him that we say the 'Amen' to the glory of God — the Amen (amēn, from Hebrew amen, meaning true/reliable) is the congregation's affirmation of God's faithfulness. All corporate worship culminates in this responsive yes, acknowledging Christ as the sum and substance of God's promises.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 1:20
“For how many soever be the promises of God,” in Him is the yea, and in Him the Amen, unto the glory of God by us. What is this, “how many soever the promises of God?” The Preaching promised many things; and these many things they proffered and preached. For they discoursed of being raised again, and of being taken up, and of incorruption, and of those great rewards and unspeakable goods. As to these promises then, he says that they abide immoveable, and in them is no yea…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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