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?


In Context

4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with him.

5 For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

6 But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in everything we have made it manifest among all men to you-ward.

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

8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them that I might minister unto you;

9 and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto 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 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?