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2 Corinthians 11:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Or 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? "

2 Corinthians 11:7

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5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

6 But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.

7 Or 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?

8 I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.

9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

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2 Corinthians 11:1

"I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me."

2 Corinthians 11:2

"For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ."

2 Corinthians 11:3

"But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."

2 Corinthians 11:4

"For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough."

2 Corinthians 11:5

"For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles."

2 Corinthians 11:6

"But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things."

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