2 Cor 1:18-22... confusing?

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I’m having a hard time understanding today’s 1st Reading (2 Cor 1:18-22):

As God is faithful, our word to you is not “yes” and “no.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not “yes” and “no,” but “yes” has been in him. For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory. But the one who gives us security with you in Christ and who anointed us is God; he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.

Can anyone offer any insight or a summary of what St. Paul is saying? I’m especially confused by all of the “yes” and “no” comments.

God Bless,
Gary

 

[Cranch]

I’m having a hard time understanding today’s 1st Reading (2 Cor 1:18-22):

As God is faithful, our word to you is not “yes” and “no.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not “yes” and “no,” but “yes” has been in him. For however many are the promises of God, their Yes is in him; therefore, the Amen from us also goes through him to God for glory. But the one who gives us security with you in Christ and who anointed us is God; he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment.

Can anyone offer any insight or a summary of what St. Paul is saying? I’m especially confused by all of the “yes” and “no” comments.

This passage seems a little clearer to me in the Douay-Rheims translation:18 But God is faithful, for our preaching which was to you, was not, It is, and It is not. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was preached among you by us, by me, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, was not, It is and It is not, but, It is, was in him. 20 For all the promises of God are in him, It is; therefore also by him, amen to God, unto our glory. 21 Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and that hath anointed us, is God: 22 Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
Footnote accompanying verse 19: “It is, was in him”… There was no inconstancy in the doctrine of the apostles, sometimes, like modern sectaries, saying, It is, and at other times saying, It is not. But their doctrine was ever the same, one uniform yea, in Jesus Christ, one Amen, that is, one truth in him.