2 Corinthians 1:15-24

15Because of this confidence, I planned to come to you first, so that you could have a second benefit,

16and to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then come to you again from Macedonia and be helped by you on my journey to Judea.

17Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

18As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.”

19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you — Silvanus, Timothy, and I — did not become “Yes and no.” On the contrary, in him it is always “Yes.”

20For every one of God’s promises is “Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say “Amen” to the glory of God.

21Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed us.

22He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

23I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

24I do not mean that we lord it over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in your faith.