7Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?


In Context

4 For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles.

6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.

7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brothers which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Corinthians 11:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself, that you might be exalted? Because I preached unto you the gospel of God freely?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without reward?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7The sin did I do — myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?