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NASB | 2 Corinthians 12:13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 12:13 For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except [for the fact] that I did not burden you [with my financial support]? Forgive me [for doing you] this injustice! |
Subject: What is wrong? |
Bible Note: 1-2steve: Rather than calling it sarcasm, I think the accurate literary term would be irony, which is different from sarcasm. irony '1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony 2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning' (www.m-w.com) Grace to you, Kalos |