2 Corinthians 12:17 (DRB)

Passage

Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 12:15 But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls: although loving you more, I be loved less.

2 Corinthians 12:16 But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile.

2 Corinthians 12:17 Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?

2 Corinthians 12:18 I desired Titus: and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? Did we not in the same steps?

2 Corinthians 12:19 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "overreach" and "sent". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "overreach" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "But be it so I did not..." into verse 18's "I desired Titus and I sent with...", so "overreach" and "sent" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "overreach" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.