Verse 7
2 Corinthians 11:7
Free Bible Version
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Was it wrong of me to humble myself so you could be elevated, since I shared the good news with you at no charge?
Original Language Text
greek
Ἢ ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησα ἐμαυτὸν ταπεινῶν ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑψωθῆτε, ὅτι δωρεὰν τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγέλιον εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν;
English Translation
Or have I made myself humble for your sake so that you might be exalted, since I proclaimed to you the gospel of God freely?
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Chapter 11 Context
1
I hope you can put up with a little more foolishness from me—well you already do put up with me!
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2
I agonize over you with a divine kind of jealousy, for I promised you to a single husband—Christ—so...
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3
I worry that in some way, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his devious cunning, that you might...
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4
If anyone comes and tells you about a different Yashua (Jesus) to the one we shared with you, you ea...
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5
I don't believe I'm inferior to these “super-apostles.”
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6
Even though I may not be skilled in giving speeches, I do know what I'm talking about. We have made...
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7
Was it wrong of me to humble myself so you could be elevated, since I shared the good news with you...
8
I robbed as it were other churches, taking pay from them so I could work for you.
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9
When I was there with you and needed something, I wasn't a burden to anyone because the believers wh...
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10
This is as certain as the truth of Christ that is in me: nobody in all Achaia will stop me boasting...
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11
And why? Because I don't love you? God (Elohim) knows that I do!
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12
I'll continue to do what I've always done, so as to remove any opportunity for those who want to boa...
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13
These people are false apostles, dishonest workers, who pretend to be apostles of Christ.
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14
So it's no wonder then if those who serve him pretend to be agents of good. But their final end will...
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15
Let me say it again: Please don't think I'm being foolish. However, even if you do, accept me as som...
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16
What I'm saying is not as the Lord would say it—all this foolish boasting.
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17
But since many others are boasting in the way the world does, let me boast too.
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18
(You're happy to put up with fools, since you are so wise!)
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19
You put up with people who make you slaves, who take what you have, who exploit you, who arrogantly...
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20
I'm so sorry that we were too weak to do anything like that! But whatever people dare to boast about...
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21
Are they Hebrews? Me too. Are they Israelites? Me too. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too.
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22
Are they servants of Christ? (I know I'll sound like I'm crazy, talking like this.) But I have done...
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23
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent t...
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24
During my many journeys I have faced the dangers of crossing rivers, robber gangs, attacks from my o...
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25
I have faced hard labor and struggles, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often going without...
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26
Besides all this, I face the daily concerns of dealing with all the churches.
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27
Who is weak, and I don't feel weak too? Who is led into sin, and I don't burn up?
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28
If I have to boast, I will boast about how weak I am.
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29
The God (Elohim) and Father of the Lord Yashua (Jesus)—may he be praised forever—knows I am not lyin...
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30
While I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city guarded in order to capture me.
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31
But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the city wall, and so I escaped from him.
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