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


In Context

4 for if, indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach, or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept — well were ye bearing it,

5 for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,

6 and even if unlearned in word — yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.

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

8 other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

9 and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply — having come from Macedonia — and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself, and will keep.

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 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?