King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 12:16
“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 12
14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for 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 for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18
I desired Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?
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Paul’s defense of his ministry and encouragement in hardship.
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