2 Corinthians 11:7
Have I committed an offence in humbling myself that ye might be exalted? and in that I have preached the gospel of God to you gratis?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6yet not in knowledge ---but we have been fully manifested among you in all things.
8I trespassed on other churches, receiving maintenance from them for your service.
Cross References
Acts 18:1After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honoured, but we are despised.
1 Corinthians 9:12If others partake of this power over you, may not we rather? though we have not used this power; but we bear all things, least we should cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul myself exhort you, by the meekness and lenity of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you,
1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:6-16
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that… Read the whole commentary →