2 Corinthians 11:7

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

"Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?" - 2 Corinthians 11:7
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What does 2 Corinthians 11:7 mean?

2 Corinthians 11:7 (KJV) - "Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?" In this verse, the apostle Paul is addressing the Corinthians and questioning the reasons behind their perception of his…

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The Beauty of Humility in Servitude

In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he poignantly expresses a profundity that resonates deeply within the context of Christian servitude. 2 Corinthians 11:7 states, "Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to…

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A Humble Heart Before the Lord

O Heavenly Father, we come before You today, our hearts full of reverence and our spirits eager to seek Your wisdom and understanding. As we reflect on the words from 2 Corinthians 11:7, we are reminded of the ultimate sacrifice and humility that You demonstrated through Your…

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2 Corinthians 11:7 - "Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?"
2 Corinthians 11:11 - "Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth."
2 Corinthians 6:11 - "O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged."
2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 12:7
2 Corinthians 12:7
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2 Corinthians 5:7 - "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
2 Corinthians 2:11 - "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."
2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
1 Corinthians 11:7 - "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."
2 Corinthians 11:5 - "For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
1 Corinthians 7:11 - "But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."
2 Corinthians 11:19 - "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."
2 Corinthians 11:29 - "Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"
2 Corinthians 3:11 - "For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious."
2 Corinthians 11:24 - "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one."
2 Corinthians 11:27 - "In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."
2 Corinthians 7:16 - "I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things."
2 Corinthians 11:33 - "And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands."
2 Corinthians 11:8 - "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."
2 Corinthians 11:10 - "As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia."
2 Corinthians 6:7 - "By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"
2 Corinthians 11:17 - "That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting."
"Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth." - 2 Corinthians 11:11
2 Corinthians 7:2 - "Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man."
2 Corinthians 4:7 - "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."