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2 Corinthians 12:17

15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
KJV
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
WEB
Did I take advantage of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you?
ASV
Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?
DARBY
Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?
BLB
By any of whom I have sent to you⁺, did I take advantage of you⁺ by him?
ÅB
Søkte jeg vel vinning av dere ved noen av dem som jeg sendte til dere?
OTB
Sannelig, jeg har ikke utnyttet dere gjennom noen av dem jeg har sendt til dere, har jeg?
B1930
Søkte jeg vel vinning av eder ved nogen av dem som jeg sendte til eder?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 16:10

    Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

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  • 2 Kings 5:16

    But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:17

    For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:18

    I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:5

    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

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  • 2 Kings 5:20–27

    But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

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