2 Corinthians 11:7
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Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached unto you the Gospel of God freely?

Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and wrought. (Now they were tentmakers by trade.)

Acts 20:33
I have not coveted any man's silver, gold or apparel, as

Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.

1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

2 Corinthians 2:12
And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 10:16
Yea, unto those places that are beyond you to preach the gospel: not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand.

2 Corinthians 12:13
For what is there that you have had less than the other churches but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury.

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Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached unto you the Gospel of God freely?

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2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ: who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is there that you have had less than the other churches but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury.

Acts 18:1-3 After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth. . . .

Acts 20:34 You yourselves know. For such things as were needful for me and them that are with me, these hands have furnished.

1 Corinthians 4:10-12 We are fools for Christs sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour. . . .

1 Corinthians 9:6,12,14-18 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this? . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:9 For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.

Context
Paul and the False Apostles
6For although I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge: but in all things we have been made manifest to you. 7Or did I commit a fault, humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached unto you the Gospel of God freely? 8I have taken from other churches, receiving wages of them for your ministry.…
Lexicon
[Was it]
(Ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

a sin
ἁμαρτίαν (hamartian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 266: From hamartano; a sin.

[for me]
ἐποίησα (epoiēsa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to humble
ταπεινῶν (tapeinōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5013: To make or bring low, humble, humiliate; pass: To be humbled. From tapeinos; to depress; figuratively, to humiliate.

myself
ἐμαυτὸν (emauton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1683: Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'.

in order to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

exalt you,
ὑψωθῆτε (hypsōthēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5312: (a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high. From hupsos; to elevate.

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

I preached
εὐηγγελισάμην (euēngelisamēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2097: From eu and aggelos; to announce good news especially the gospel.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

gospel
εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.

of God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

to you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

free of charge?
δωρεὰν (dōrean)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1432: As a free gift, without payment, freely. Accusative case of dorea as adverb; gratuitously.


Additional Translations
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Or did I commit a sin, humbling myself, so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you freely?

Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

Have I committed sin, abasing myself in order that ye might be exalted, because I gratuitously announced to you the glad tidings of God?

Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God for nought?

Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God without reward?

Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted, in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward?

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God's Good News free of charge?

The sin did I do -- myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?
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