2 Corinthians 12:16

But let it be!—I, myself, did not burden you,—Notwithstanding, being crafty, with guile, I caught you?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

In Context

15And, I, most gladly, will spend, and be fully spent, for your souls:—If I, exceedingly, love you, am I, the less, loved?

17Was there, anyone of those whom I have sent unto you, through whom I have overreached you?

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:12For, our boasting, is, this,—the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,—and more abundantly towards you.

2 Corinthians 7:2Give place to us! no one, have we wronged, no one, have we corrupted, no one, have we defrauded.

2 Corinthians 11:9And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone,—for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up;—and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself—and will keep!

1 Thessalonians 2:3For, our exhortation, is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,

1 Peter 2:3If ye have tasted for yourselves that, gracious, is the Lord,—

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:12-21

Paul's Expostulations. ( a. d. 57.) 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you;… Read the whole commentary →

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