15. And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,
16. and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.
17. 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?
18. But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”