2 Corinthians 12:19 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁹ Do you think that we have been defending ourselves to you all this time? No. We say these things in Christ. And we say these things before God. You are our dear friends. And everything that we do is to make you stronger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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)

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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

My friends, don’t try to punish people when they do wrong to you. Wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: “I am the One who punishes; I will pay people back,” {\cf2\super [132]} says the Lord.

Romans 14:19

So let us try as hard as we can to do the things that make peace. And let us try to do the things that will help each other.

Romans 15:2

Each of us should please other people. We should do this to help them. We should try to help them be stronger in faith.

Romans 9:1

I am in Christ and I am telling you the truth. I don’t lie. My deepest feelings are ruled by the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [72]} And those feelings tell me that I am not lying:

1 Corinthians 10:14

So, my dear friends, stay away from worshiping idols. {\cf2\super [69]}

1 Corinthians 14:26

So, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, one person has a song, another person has a teaching, another person has a new truth from God, another person speaks in a \{different\} language, and another person interprets that language. The purpose of all these things should be to help \{the church\} grow strong.

2 Corinthians 10:8

It is true that we boast freely about the authority (power) the Lord gave us. But he gave us this power to strengthen you, not to hurt you. So I will not be ashamed of that boasting we do.

2 Corinthians 11:10

No person in Achaia {\cf2\super [35]} will stop me from boasting about that. I say this with the truth of Christ in me.

2 Corinthians 11:31

God knows that I am not lying. He is the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he is to be praised forever.

2 Corinthians 12:15

So I am happy to give everything I have for you. I will even give myself for you. If I love you more, will you love me less?

2 Corinthians 13:10

I’m writing these things while I’m not with you. I’m writing so that when I come I will not have to use my power to punish you. The Lord gave me that power to make you stronger, not to destroy you.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we starting to boast about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises \{from God\}. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. We should try to become perfect in the way we live, because we respect God.

Philippians 4:1

My dear brothers and sisters, I love you and want to see you. You bring me joy and make me proud of you. Continue following the Lord like I have told you.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

So encourage each other and make each other stronger \{in faith\}. And you are doing that now.

Hebrews 6:9

Dear friends, we are saying these hard things, but we really we expect better things from you. We feel sure that you will do the things that are a part of salvation.