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2 Corinthians 11:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Corinthians 11:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 [a]Did I make a mistake when I humbled myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?(A)
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- 11:7–10 Abruptly Paul passes to another reason for complaints: his practice of preaching without remuneration (cf. 1 Cor 9:3–18). He deftly defends his practice by situating it from the start within the pattern of Christ’s own self-humiliation (cf. 2 Cor 10:1) and reduces objections to absurdity by rhetorical questions (cf. 2 Cor 12:13).
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