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


In Context

4 For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye get a different Spirit, which ye have not got, or a different glad tidings, which ye have not received, ye might well bear with it.

5 For I reckon that in nothing I am behind those who are in surpassing degree apostles.

6 But if I am a simple person in speech, yet not in knowledge, but in everything making the truth manifest in all things to you.

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

8 I spoiled other assemblies, receiving hire for ministry towards you.

9 And being present with you and lacking, I did not lazily burden any one, (for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I lacked,) and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will 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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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