2 Corinthians 12:16
You will admit that I was not a burden to you but you say that I was “crafty” and caught you “by a trick”!
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
In Context
17Do you assert that I took advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you?
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:12Indeed, our main ground for satisfaction is this — Our conscience tells us that our conduct in the world, and still more in our relations with you, was marked by a purity of motive and a sincerity that were inspired by God, and was based, not on worldly policy, but on the help of God.
2 Corinthians 7:2Make room for us in your hearts. In no instance have we ever wronged, or harmed, or taken advantage of, any one.
2 Corinthians 11:9And, when I was with you in need, I did not become a burden to any of you; for our Brothers, on coming from Macedonia, supplied my needs. I kept myself, and will keep myself from being an expense to you in any way.
1 Thessalonians 2:3Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
1 Peter 2:3since ‘you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.’
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 →