2 Corinthians 1:19 - Exposition

For . This is a proof of what he has just said. His preaching was as firm as a rock; for, tried by time, it had proved itself a changeless" yea," being a preaching of Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. By me and Silvanus and Timotheus. They are mentioned because they had been his companions in the first visit to Corinth ( Acts 18:5 ), and he wishes to show that his preaching of Christ had never wavered. "Silvanus" ( 1 Thessalonians 1:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:1 ) is the "Silas" of Acts 15:22 . He disappears from the New Testament in this verse, unless he be the "Silvanus" of 1 Peter 5:12 . Was not yea and nay, but in him was yea . "Became not (proved not to be) yes and no (in one breath, as it were, and therefore utterly untrustworthy), but in him there has been a yea." The perfect, "has become," means that in him the everlasting" yes" has proved itself valid, and still continues to be a changeless affirmation ( Hebrews 13:8 ).