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?


In Context

4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

5 But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles."

6 I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.

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

8 I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.

9 And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

2nd 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 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?

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?