2 Corinthians 1:15-24

15Because of this confidence, I was planning to come to you first, so that you might have a second benefit—

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

17So when I was planning to do this, I didn’t do so lightly, did I? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh—so it might be with me “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

18But as God is faithful, our message to you is not both “Yes” and “No.”

19For Ben-Elohim—Yeshua the Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us, by myself and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No.” Rather, in Him it has always been “Yes.”

20For in Him all the promises of God are “Yes.” Therefore also through Him is the “Amen” by us, to the glory of God.

21Now it is God who establishes us with you in Messiah. He anointed us,

22set His seal on us, and gave us the Ruach in our hearts as a pledge.

23But I call God as my witness—to spare you, I didn’t come to Corinth again.

24Not that we lord it over you in matters of faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy—for in the faith you are standing firm.