King James Version (KJV)

2 Corinthians 12:17

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

Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 12

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

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

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

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?

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.