2 Corinthians 12:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

any one of those whom I have sent unto you -- by him did I take advantage of you?

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  • 2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood -- if I take `it';' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.
  • 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.' 21 And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?' 22 And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.' 23 And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him; 24 and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go. 25 And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence -- Gehazi?' and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.' 26 And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants? 27 yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, -- to the age;' and he goeth out from before him -- leprous as snow.
  • 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
  • 1 Cor 16:10 : 10 And if Timotheus may come, see that he may become without fear with you, for the work of the Lord he doth work, even as I,
  • 2 Cor 9:5 : 5 Necessary, therefore, I thought `it' to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.
  • 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I entreated Titus, and did send with `him' the brother; did Titus take advantage of you? in the same spirit did we not walk? -- did we not in the same steps?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 12:18-19
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    86%

    18I entreated Titus, and did send with `him' the brother; did Titus take advantage of you? in the same spirit did we not walk? -- did we not in the same steps?

    19Again, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, `are' for your up-building,

  • 2 Cor 12:13-16
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    13for what is there in which ye were inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this injustice!

    14Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

    15and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.

    16And be it `so', I -- I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;

  • 2 Cor 11:7-9
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    7The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

    8other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

    9and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply -- having come from Macedonia -- and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself, and will keep.

  • 1 Cor 9:18-19
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    18What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

    19for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12If, then, I also wrote to you -- not for his cause who did wrong, nor for his cause who did suffer wrong, but for our diligence in your behalf being manifested unto you before God --

  • Gal 4:11-12
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    72%

    11I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.

    12Become as I `am' -- because I also `am' as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

  • 2 Cor 1:15-17
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    15and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,

    16and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.

    17This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

  • Gal 2:1-4
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    1Then, after fourteen years again I went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, having taken with me also Titus;

    2and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

    3but not even Titus, who `is' with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised --

    4and `that' because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

  • Phil 4:17
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    17not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

  • 2 Cor 2:5
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    5And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

    11And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

  • Gal 4:15
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    15what then was your happiness? for I testify to you, that if possible, your eyes having plucked out, ye would have given to me;

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11I have become a fool -- boasting; ye -- ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles -- even if I am nothing.

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    70%

    11If we to you the spiritual things did sow -- great `is it' if we your fleshly things do reap?

    12if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:2
    70%

    2for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

  • 1 Thess 2:6
    70%

    6nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

  • 1 Thess 3:5
    69%

    5because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

  • 1 Cor 9:1
    69%

    1Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

  • 2 Thess 3:8
    69%

    8nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    69%

    12and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

  • 2 Cor 11:16
    69%

    16Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
    69%

    20avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,

  • 1 Cor 15:11
    69%

    11whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
    69%

    14because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

  • Col 2:4
    69%

    4and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

  • 1 Thess 2:9
    69%

    9for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

  • Acts 20:33
    69%

    33`The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;

  • Gal 2:14
    69%

    14But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, `If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

  • 2 Cor 7:2
    69%

    2receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

  • Acts 20:20
    69%

    20how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,

  • Phil 1:17
    69%

    17and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

  • Rom 15:18
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    18for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

  • Job 6:22
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    22Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?