YES AND AMEN

“Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?  But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but it has always been “Yes” in him.  For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God. 

But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.”

The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
Chapter 1:17-22 (New English Translation)

“Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.” Jesus