2 Corinthians 12:16

Love for the Church

14 ^aNow for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for ^bI do not seek yours, but you. ^cFor the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent ^afor your souls; though ^bthe more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

16 But be that as it may, ^aI did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning!

17 Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

18 I urged Titus, and sent our ^abrother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

19 ^aAgain,¹ do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? ^bWe speak before God in Christ. ^cBut we do all things, beloved, for your edification.

20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that ^aI shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

21 lest, when I come again, my God ^awill humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many ^bwho have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, ^cfornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 12:16

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American Standard Version
But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

Amplified® Bible
But though granting that I did not burden you [with my support, some say that] I was crafty [and that] I cheated {and} got the better of you with my trickery.

Contemporary English Version
You agree that I wasn't a burden to you. Maybe that's because I was trying to catch you off guard and trick you.

Darby English Version
But be it so. *I* did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.

Good News Bible
You will agree, then, that I was not a burden to you. But someone will say that I was tricky, and trapped you with lies.

International Standard Version
Granting that I have not been a burden to you, was I a clever schemer who trapped you by some trick?

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

New American Standard Bible
But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, crafty fellow that I am, I took you in by deceit.

New International Version
Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

New King James Version
But be that as it may, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But though it may seem, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, crafty fellow that I have prove myself, I took you in by deceit.

Young's Literal Translation
And be it `so', I -- I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;

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