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


In Context

13 For what is there that you have had less than the other churches, but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury.

14 Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

15 But I most gladly will spend and be spent myself for your souls; although loving you more, I be loved less.

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

17 Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?

18 I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? did 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16But be it so. I did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by 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.