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2 Corinthians 12:17

Whether Y disseyuede you bi ony of hem, which Y sente to you?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Titus;   Zeal, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mission;   Suffering;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mission;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Person of Christ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Advantage;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to the;  

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.
Amplified Bible
Did I take advantage of you or make any money off you through any of the messengers I sent you? [Certainly 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?
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

11 Y am maad vnwitti, ye constreyneden me. For Y ouyte to be comendid of you; for Y dide no thing lesse than thei that ben apostlis `aboue maner. 12 Thouy Y am nouyt, netheles the signes of myn apostilhed ben maad on you, in al pacience, and signes, and grete wondris, and vertues. 13 And what is it, that ye hadden lesse than othere chirchis, but that Y my silf greuyde you not? Foryyue ye to me this wrong. 14 Lo! this thridde tyme Y am redi to come to you, and Y schal not be greuous to you; for Y seke not tho thingis that ben youre, but you. For nether sones owen to tresoure to fadir and modir, but the fadir and modir to the sones. 15 For Y schal yyue moost wilfuli, and Y my silf schal be youun aboue for youre soulis; thouy Y more loue you, and be lesse louyd. 16 But be it; Y greuyde not you, but whanne Y was sutil, Y took you with gile. 17 Whether Y disseyuede you bi ony of hem, which Y sente to you? 18 Y preiede Tite, and Y sente with hym a brother. Whether Tite begilide you? whether we yeden not in the same spirit? whether not in the same steppis? 19 Sum tyme ye wenen, that we schulen excuse vs anentis you. Bifor God in Crist we speken; and, moost dere britheren, alle thingis for youre edifiyng. 20 But Y drede, lest whanne Y come, Y schal fynde you not suche as Y wole, and Y schal be foundun of you suche as ye wolen not; lest perauenture stryuyngis, enuyes, sturdynessis, dissenciouns and detraccions, preuy spechis of discord, bolnyngis bi pride, debatis ben among you;

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 so whanne Abram hadde entrid in to Egipt, Egipcians sien the womman that sche was ful fair; and the prynces telden to Farao, and preiseden hir anentis him;
Genesis 12:15
and the womman was takun vp in to the hous of Farao.
Genesis 20:18
for God hadde closid ech wombe of the hows of Abymelech, for Sare, the wijf of Abraham.
1 Chronicles 16:21
He suffride not ony man falseli chalenge hem; but he blamyde kyngis for hem.
1 Chronicles 21:22
And Dauid seide to hym, Yyue the place of thi cornfloor to me, that Y bilde ther ynne an auter to the Lord; so that thou take as myche siluer as it is worth, and that the veniaunce ceesse fro the puple.
Job 34:19
`Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.
Hebrews 13:4
`Wedding is in alle thingis onourable, and bed vnwemmed; for God schal deme fornicatouris and auouteris.

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.


 
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