King James Version

2 Corinthians 1:18

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was” (ἔστιν) before Yes here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “it came to pass” (ἐγένετο) before Yes here.

πιστὸςpistosis trueπιστόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “is true”, the subject formG4103trustworthy, faithful, believing.is trueδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοςlogoswordλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “word”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρὸςprostowardπρόςpreposition — “toward”G4314to, towards, with.towardὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Ναὶnaiyeaναίparticle — “yea”G3483yes, certainly, even so.yeaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΟὔounayοὔparticle — “nay”G3756no, not.nay

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐγένετοegenetowasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

Young’s Literal Translation

and God [is] faithful, that our word unto you became not Yes and No,

World English Bible

But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”

Darby Translation

Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.

Douay-Rheims

But God is faithful, for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not.

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