1:18 {10} But [as] God [is] {r} true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
(10) He calls God as witness and as judge of his constancy in preaching and teaching one self same Gospel.
(r) True, and of whose faithful witness it would be horribly wicked to doubt.
1:18 Our word toward you was not yea and nay. That is, ambiguous and unreliable.
1:18 Our word to you - The whole tenor of our doctrine. Hath not been yea and nay - Wavering and uncertain.
1:15-24 The apostle clears himself from the charge of levity and inconstancy, in not coming to Corinth. Good men should be careful to keep the reputation of sincerity and constancy; they should not resolve, but on careful thought; and they will not change unless for weighty reasons. Nothing can render God's promises more certain: his giving them through Christ, assures us they are his promises; as the wonders God wrought in the life, resurrection, and ascension of his Son, confirm faith. The Holy Spirit makes Christians firm in the faith of the gospel: the quickening of the Spirit is an earnest of everlasting life; and the comforts of the Spirit are an earnest of everlasting joy. The apostle desired to spare the blame he feared would be unavoidable, if he had gone to Corinth before he learned what effect his former letter produced. Our strength and ability are owing to faith; and our comfort and joy must flow from faith. The holy tempers and gracious fruits which attend faith, secure from delusion in so important a matter.
