2 Corinthians 1:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Now because I changed my original plan, was I being unstable and capricious? Or what I plan, do I plan according to the flesh [like a worldly man], ready to say Yes, yes, [when it may mean] No, no?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So I wasn’t unreliable when I planned to do this, was I? Or do I make decisions with a substandard human process so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not?

2 Corinthians 1:17 Cross References

Jeremiah 23:32

See, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and who tell them and who lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or command them, so they do not profit this people at all, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are reckless, faithless persons; its priests have profaned what is sacred; they have done violence to the law.

Matthew 1:19

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 5:37

Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.

John 8:15

You judge by human standards; I judge no one.

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:18

since many boast according to human standards, I will also boast.

Galatians 1:16

to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,

Galatians 2:2

I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:18

For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, wanted to again and again—but Satan blocked our way.

James 5:12

Above all, brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the temple of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.