King James Version with Apocrypha
"But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile."
— 2 Corinthians 12:16, King James Version with Apocrypha
“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.”
“But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile. ”
“But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.”
“But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!”
“But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile.”
“But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.”
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.
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.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
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?
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.