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


In Context

13 How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?

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

17 Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent you?

18 I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and follow the same course?

2nd 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 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 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.