Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
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Gill's Exposition
Have I committed an offence in abasing myself,.... Either by behaving among them, when he was first with them, in a very modest and humble manner, in much fear and trembling, without pride and…
Barnes' Notes
Have I committed an offence - Have I done wrong. Greek, “Have I committed a sin.” There is here a somewhat abrupt transition from the previous verse; and the connection is not very apparent. Perhaps…
Adam Clarke
Have I committed an offense in abasing myself - Have I transgressed in labouring with my hands that I might not be chargeable to you? and getting my deficiencies supplied by contributions from other…
After the foregoing preface to what he was about to say, the apostle in these verses mentions,
I. His equality with the other apostles - that he was not a whit behind the very chief of the apostles,…
Cambridge Bible
Have I committed an offence Literally, committed sin (don sinne, Wiclif. Did I therein synne? Tyndale, Cranmer and the Geneva version). This passage is ironical. The Corinthians had allowed St Paul's…
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