2 Corinzi 12:17

17 Ho io, per alcun di coloro che ho mandati a voi, fatto profitto di voi?

2 Corinzi 12:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I make a gain of you
He appeals to the Corinthians against such calumnies and false insinuations, whether ever he had circumvented them in such a manner, or had ever used such artful methods to pillage them; or whether ever he had discovered any covetous disposition towards anything of theirs; or had employed any persons to draw out their substance from them, and get it for himself: he owns he had sent some persons to them on different errands, and asks if he had dealt fraudulently with them,

by any of them whom,
says he,

I have sent to you:
he desires them to name one single person of the many who came to them from him, that had received any money from them for him; or that they had any reason to believe he had employed for such purposes; and if they could not pitch on a single instance, they ought therefore to look upon this as a downright slander and calumny.

2 Corinzi 12:17 In-Context

15 E quant’è a me, molto volentieri spenderò, anzi sarò speso per le anime vostre; quantunque, amandovi io sommamente, sia meno amato.

16 Ora, sia pur così ch’io non vi abbia gravati; ma forse, essendo astuto, vi ho presi per frode.

17 Ho io, per alcun di coloro che ho mandati a voi, fatto profitto di voi?

18 Io ho pregato Tito, ed ho con lui mandato questo fratello. Tito ha egli fatto profitto di voi? non siamo noi camminati d’un medesimo spirito, per medesime pedate?

19 PENSATE voi di nuovo, che noi ci giustifichiamo presso a voi? noi parliamo davanti a Dio, in Cristo; e tutto ciò, diletti, per la vostra edificazione.