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17 (A)Have I taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you? 18 I (B)encouraged (C)Titus to go, and I sent (D)the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Did we not walk [a]in the same (E)spirit—(F)in the very same steps?

19 All this time [b]you think we are defending ourselves to you. We speak in Christ (G)in the sight of God. (H)And all these things, (I)beloved, are for your building up.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 12:18 Or by the same Spirit
  2. 2 Corinthians 12:19 Or have you been thinking...building up?

17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you? 18 I urged(A) Titus(B) to go to you and I sent our brother(C) with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?

19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God(D) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,(E) is for your strengthening.(F)

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