2 Corinthians 12:18

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2 Corinthians 12:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

17 Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

18 I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

20 For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 7:2

Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Corinthians 8:6

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

2 Corinthians 8:18

Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

2 Corinthians 8:17

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

2 Corinthians 8:19

More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering —the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

2 Corinthians 8:20

We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.

2 Corinthians 8:21

For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

2 Corinthians 8:22

And we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.

2 Corinthians 8:23

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.

Philippians 2:19

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

Philippians 2:20

I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.

Philippians 2:21

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:22

But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 12:4

“You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

Nehemiah 5:14

Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

Acts 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Acts 20:34

You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

Acts 20:35

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Romans 4:12

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: