16But be it so. I did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.


In Context

13 For in what is it that ye have been inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself have not been in laziness a charge upon you? Forgive me this injury.

14 Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

15 Now I shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved.

16 But be it so. I did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.

17 Did I make gain of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?

18 I begged Titus, and sent the brother with him: did Titus at all make gain of you? have we not walked in the same spirit? have we not in the same steps?

2 Corinthians 12:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:16Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so: I did not burthen you: but being crafty, I caught you by guile.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16And be it so, I — I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.