^{17 Ref} When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"

^{18 Ref} But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."

^{19 Ref} For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."

^{20 Ref} For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.