2 Corinthians 1:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ So 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?

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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?

2 Corinthians 1:17 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” declares Adonai, “and tell them, and so lead My people astray with their lies and with their reckless boasts. Yet I never sent them or commanded them. Nor do they benefit this people at all.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her kohanim have profaned what is holy. They do violence to Torah.

Matthew 1:19

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.

Matthew 5:37

But let your word ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’—anything more than this is from the evil one.”

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh, but I do not judge anyone.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world, and most especially toward you, with simplicity and godly sincerity—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 11:18

Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

Galatians 1:16

to reveal His Son to me so I would proclaim Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with any human.

Galatians 2:2

Because of a revelation, I went up and presented to them the Good News that I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did so privately to those who seemed to be influential, to make sure I would not run—or had not run—in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:18

For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—but satan thwarted us.

James 5:12

But above all, my dear brothers and sisters, do not swear—either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath. But let your “yes” be “yes,” and your “no,” be “no”—so that you may not fall under judgment.

Judges 9:4

So they gave him 70 pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Abimelech then hired idle and reckless fellows, who followed him.