2 Corinthians 12:17

Amplified Bible

Did I take advantage of you or make any money off you through any of the messengers I sent you? [Certainly not!]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Did I take advantage of you by any of those I sent you?

King James Version (1611)
Did I make a gaine of you by any of them, whom I sent vnto you?

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

English Standard Version
Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

New American Standard Bible
Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I?

New Century Version
Did I cheat you by using any of the messengers I sent to you? No, you know I did not.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I?

Legacy Standard Bible
Have I taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?

Berean Standard Bible
Did I overreach by anyone I sent you?

Contemporary English Version
Were you cheated by any of those I sent to you?

Complete Jewish Bible
Was it perhaps through someone I sent you

Darby Translation
Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?

Easy-to-Read Version
Did I cheat you by using any of the men I sent to you? You know I didn't.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Did I pill you by any of them whom I sent vnto you?

George Lamsa Translation
Why? Did I extort anything from you by any of the men whom I sent to you?

Good News Translation
How? Did I take advantage of you through any of the messengers I sent?

Lexham English Bible
I have not taken advantage of you through anyone whom I sent to you, have I?

Literal Translation
By any whom I have sent to you, did I overreach you by him?

American Standard Version
Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

Bible in Basic English
Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

Hebrew Names Version
Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?

International Standard Version
I did not take advantage of you through any of the men I sent you, did I?2 Corinthians 7:2;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
By any other whom I have sent to you have I made prey of you?

Murdock Translation
Was it by the hand of some other person whom I sent to you, that I pilfered from you?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Dyd I pyll you by any of them who I sent vnto you?

English Revised Version
Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

World English Bible
Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?

Weymouth's New Testament
Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one of the messengers I have sent to you?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether Y disseyuede you bi ony of hem, which Y sente to you?

Update Bible Version
Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent to you?

Webster's Bible Translation
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?

New English Translation
I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I?

New King James Version
Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

New Living Translation
But how? Did any of the men I sent to you take advantage of you?

New Life Bible
How could I have done that? Did I get anything from you through the men I sent to you?

New Revised Standard
Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Was there, anyone of those whom I have sent unto you, through whom I have overreached you?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?

Revised Standard Version
Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Did I pill you by eny of the which I sent vnto you?

Young's Literal Translation
any one of those whom I have sent unto you -- by him did I take advantage of you?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Haue I defrauded you by eny of the, who I sent vnto you?

Mace New Testament (1729)
what, did I make a gain of you by any body I sent to you?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Do y'all think I cheated you? Did the cowboys I send to y'all take advantage of you somehow?

Contextual Overview

¹¹Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those super-apostles, even if I am nobody. ¹²The signs that indicate a genuine apostle were performed among you fully and most patiently—signs and wonders and miracles. ¹³For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except [for the fact] that I did not burden you [with my financial support]? Forgive me [for doing you] this injustice! ¹⁴Now for the third time I am ready to visit you. I will not burden you [financially], because I do not want what is yours [not your money or your possessions], but you. For children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. ¹⁵But I will very gladly spend [my own resources] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you greatly, am I to be loved less [by you]? ¹⁶But be that as it may, I did not burden you [with my support]. But [some say that] I was sly and took you by trickery. ¹⁷Did I take advantage of you or make any money off you through any of the messengers I sent you? [Certainly not!]¹⁸I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? [No!] Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit and walk in the same steps? [Of course!] ¹⁹All this time you have been thinking that we are [merely] defending ourselves to you. It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking [as one] in Christ; and everything, dearly beloved, is to strengthen you [spiritually]. ²⁰For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:18, 2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 5:20-27, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 16:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:32 - before Acts 20:33 - General 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - a cloak 2 Peter 1:16 - we have 2 Peter 2:3 - through

Cross-References

Genesis 12:14
And when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 12:15
Pharaoh's princes (officials) also saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken [for the purpose of marriage] into Pharaoh's house (harem).

Genesis 20:18
for the LORD had securely closed the wombs of all [the women] in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

1 Chronicles 16:21
He allowed no man to oppress or exploit them, And, He reproved and punished kings for their sakes, saying,

1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of this threshing floor, so that I may build an altar on it to the LORD. You shall charge me the full price for it, so that the plague may be averted from the people."

Job 34:19
"Who is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands.

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Did I make a gain of you,.... He appeals to the Corinthians against such calumnies and false insinuations, whether ever he had circumvented them in such a manner, or had ever used such artful methods to pillage them; or whether ever he had discovered any covetous disposition towards anything of theirs; or had employed any persons to draw out their substance from them, and get it for himself: he owns he had sent some persons to them on different errands, and asks if he had dealt fraudulently with them,

by any of them whom, says he,

I have sent to you: he desires them to name one single person of the many who came to them from him, that had received any money from them for him; or that they had any reason to believe he had employed for such purposes; and if they could not pitch on a single instance, they ought therefore to look upon this as a downright slander and calumny.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Did I make a gain ... - In refuting this slander, Paul appeals boldly to the facts, and to what they knew. “Same the man,” says he, “who has thus defrauded you under my instructions. If the charge is well-founded, let him be specified, and let the mode in which it was done be distinctly stated.” The phrase “make a gain” (from πλεονεκτέω pleonekteō), means properly to have an advantage; then to take advantage, to seek unlawful gain. Here Paul asks whether he had defrauded them by means of anyone whom he had sent to them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. Did I make a gain of you — Did any person I ever sent to preach the Gospel to you, or help you in your Christian course, ever get any thing from you for me? Produce the proof if you can.