2 Corinthians 12:19 - Tree of Life Version

All along you’ve been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. It is before God that we’ve been speaking in Messiah—and all for building you up, loved ones.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Have you been supposing [all this time] that we have been defending ourselves and apologizing to you? [It is] in the sight and the [very] presence of God [and as one] in Christ (the Messiah) that we have been speaking, dearly beloved, and all in order to build you up [spiritually].

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

Common English Bible

Have you been thinking up to now that we are defending ourselves to you? Actually, we are speaking in the sight of God and in Christ. Dear friends, everything is meant to build you up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Have you ever thought that we should explain ourselves to you? We speak in the sight of God, in Christ. But all things, most beloved, are for your edification.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Of old, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ; but all things, my dearly beloved, for your edification.

2 Corinthians 12:19 Tagairtí Cros

Romans 12:19

Never take your own revenge, loved ones, but give room for God’s wrath—for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” says Adonai.

Romans 14:19

So then let us pursue what makes for shalom and for the building up of one another.

Romans 15:2

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building him up.

Romans 9:1

I tell the truth in Messiah—I do not lie, my conscience assuring me in the Ruach ha-Kodesh—

1 Corinthians 10:14

Therefore, my dearly loved ones, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:33

just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What is it then, brothers and sisters? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I boast a little more about our authority—which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down—I will not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 11:10

As the truth of Messiah is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:31

The God and Father of the Lord Yeshua, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 13:10

For this reason I write these things while I am absent, so that when I am present I need not proceed harshly, according to the authority which the Lord gave me—for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God. Rather, in Messiah we speak in the sight of God with sincerity, as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, loved ones, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brothers and sisters whom I love and long for, my joy and crown—stand firm in the Lord in this way, my loved ones.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up—just as you in fact are doing.

Hebrews 6:9

But even though we speak like this, loved ones, concerning you we are convinced of better things—things coming with salvation.