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2 Corinthians 1:20

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

KJV

ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι θεοῦ, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ναί· διὸ καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀμὴν τῷ θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν δι’ ἡμῶν.

Greek NT

Quotquot enim promissiones Dei sunt, in illo Est : ideo et per ipsum Amen Deo ad gloriam nostram.

Vulgate

For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.

ASV

For all the promises of God are in him, It is. Therefore also by him, amen to God, unto our glory.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ναί
nai
particle · 34×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: διὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: διὸ
  • διὸSBLGNT
  • διὸWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: δι᾽ αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: δι᾽ αὐτοῦ | RP: ἐν αὐτῷ
  • δι᾽ αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • δι᾽ αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§74God "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth":29 that is, of Christ Jesus.30 Christ must be proclaimed to all nations and individuals, so that this revelation may reach to the ends of the earth: God graciously arranged that the things he had once revealed for the salvation of all peoples should remain in their entirety, throughout the ages, and be …
§1065Jesus Christ himself is the "Amen."648 He is the definitive "Amen" of the Father's love for us. He takes up and completes our "Amen" to the Father: "For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him, to the glory of God":649 Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, G…
The Gospel is the good and joyful message that God has fulfilled what He promised to the fathers through His Son. It is not merely a story but a power of God unto salvation. It demands nothing of us but faith, and this faith itself is the gift of God. The Gospel sets before us Christ as the one in whom all promises find their Yes.
Q. What does that little word Amen express? A. Amen means: This is sure to be! It is even more sure that God listens to my prayer than that I really desire what I pray for.
Christian faith is not an opinion or human conviction, but a most firm trust and a clear and steadfast assent of the mind, and then a most certain apprehension of the truth of God, presented in the Scriptures and in the Apostles' Creed. It is the gift of God, which is given to the elect according to the measure which God has distributed to each one. Because faith is a gift of G…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:16 — Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
  • 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
  • 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • 2Pet 1:4 — Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Acts 13:32 — And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
  • Dan 9:17 — Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
  • Eph 1:6 — To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • Eph 1:12 — That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Eph 2:7 — That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 4:21 — If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
  • Exod 3:14 — And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
  • Gal 3:17 — And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  • Gal 3:22 — But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Heb 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Heb 7:6 — But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
  • Heb 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eart
  • Heb 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  • Isa 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
  • Isa 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
  • Isa 65:16 — That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and bec
  • Jer 33:14 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
  • John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Matt 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
  • Ps 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
  • Ps 89:24 — But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
  • Ps 102:16 — When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
  • Ps 119:38 — Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
  • Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
  • Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
  • Rev 7:12 — Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 11:36 — For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
  • Rom 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: