2 Corinthians 12:19 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁹ Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.

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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

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 14:19

Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Romans 15:2

let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him.

Romans 9:1

I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,

1 Corinthians 10:14

Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols.

1 Corinthians 10:33

just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I shall not be put to shame.

2 Corinthians 11:10

As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:31

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie.

2 Corinthians 12:15

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

2 Corinthians 13:10

I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

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

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Hebrews 6:9

Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation.