2 Corinthians 12 · Verse 17

2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
2 Corinthians 12:17, King James Version

2 Corinthians 12:17 in other translations

BSBDid I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
WEBDid I take advantage of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you?
ASVDid I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?
YLTany one of those whom I have sent unto you--by him did I take advantage of you?
DARBYDid I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?
BBEDid I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?
WebsterDid I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?

What does 2 Corinthians 12:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Paul's reply: You know well I did not. My associates were as distinterested as myself. An important rule to all who would influence others for good.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 17. Did I make a gain, etc. In refuting this slander, Paul appeals boldly to the facts, and to what they knew. "Name the man, says he, who has thus defrauded you under my instructions. If the charge is well-founded, let him be specified, and let the mode in which it was done be distinctly stated." The phrase "make a gain," (from πλεονεκτεω,) means, properly, to have an advantage; then to take advantage, to seek unlawful gain. Here Paul asks whether he had defrauded them by means of any one whom he had sent to them.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Did I make a gain of you - Did any person I ever sent to preach the Gospel to you, or help you in your Christian course, ever get any thing from you for me? Produce the proof if you can.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Corinthians 12:11-21

We owe it to good men, to stand up in the defence of their reputation; and we are under special obligations to those from whom we have received benefit, especially spiritual benefit, to own them as instruments in God's hand of good to us. Here is an account of the apostle's behaviour and kind intentions; in which see the character of a faithful minister of the gospel. This was his great aim and design, to do good…

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2 Corinthians 12:17 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

μήmēSurely notG3361
τιναtinaanyG5100
ὧνhōnof whomG3739
ἀπέσταλκαapestalkaI have sentG649
πρὸςprostoG4314
ὑμᾶς,humasyou,G4771
δι᾽di᾽throughG1223
αὐτοῦautouhimG846
ἐπλεονέκτησαepleonektēsadid I exploitG4122
ὑμᾶς;humasyou?G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Corinthians 12:17

  • 1 Corinthians 16:10

    Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

  • 2 Kings 5:16

    But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:17

    For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:18

    I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

  • 2 Corinthians 9:5

    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

  • 2 Kings 5:20-27

    But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18; 2Ki 5:16,20-27; 1Co 4:17; 16:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Corinthians 12:16

    But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:17

    Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

  • 2 Corinthians 12:18

    I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

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2 Corinthians 12:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Acaso os he engañado por alguno de los que he enviado á vosotros?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Me suis-je enrichi à vos dépens par aucun de ceux que je vous ai envoyés?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Habe ich euch etwa durch einen von denen übervorteilt, die ich zu euch gesandt habe?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid per aliquem eorum, quod misi ad vos, circumveni vos?