Catholic Public Domain Version
"Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely. "
— 2 Corinthians 11:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”
“Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought? ”
“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?”
“Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?”
“Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached unto you the Gospel of God freely?”
“Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?”
“Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?”
For if anyone arrives preaching another Christ, one whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, one whom you have not received; or another Gospel, one which you have not been given: you might permit him to guide you.
For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.
For although I may be unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But, in all things, we have been made manifest to you.
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely.
I have taken from other churches, receiving a stipend from them to the benefit of your ministry.
And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.