2 Corinthians 12:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
  • 2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
  • 2 Cor 10:2-3 : 2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh. 3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so. 10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.
  • 2 Cor 12:13 : 13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.
  • 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
  • 1 Pet 2:3 : 3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 12:17-19
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    84%

    17Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

    18I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?

    19It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

  • 2 Cor 12:11-15
    5 verses
    80%

    11I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

    12Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.

    13For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

    14This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

    15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

  • 2 Cor 11:5-10
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    5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

    6But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

    7Or 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?

    8I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

    9And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.

    10As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    73%

    12But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.

  • Col 2:4
    72%

    4I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
    72%

    13And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • 2 Cor 11:16
    72%

    16I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

  • Gal 4:11-12
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    72%

    11I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.

    12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

  • 1 Cor 9:18-19
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    18What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.

    19For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

  • 2 Cor 1:16-17
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    71%

    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

    17If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

  • 2 Cor 11:1
    71%

    1Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
    71%

    9For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

  • 2 Thess 3:8
    71%

    8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

  • 2 Cor 2:4-5
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    70%

    4For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.

    5But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

  • 1 Thess 2:5-6
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    70%

    5For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

    6Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 12:6
    70%

    6For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

  • Phil 1:16-17
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    16These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

    17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    70%

    20You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
    69%

    12So though I sent you a letter, it was not only because of the man who did the wrong, or because of him to whom the wrong was done, but so that your true care for us might be made clear in the eyes of God.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 2 Cor 11:3
    69%

    3But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:8
    69%

    8I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

  • Phlm 1:13-14
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    69%

    13Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

    14But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

  • Phil 2:16
    69%

    16Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

  • Gal 4:15
    68%

    15Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Gal 1:10
    68%

    10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 9:22
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    22To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Gal 2:4
    68%

    4And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

  • Phlm 1:8
    68%

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 1 Cor 10:33
    68%

    33Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.