2 Corinthians 12:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Be that as it may, I did not burden you. But, crafty person that I am, did I take you in by deceit?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But though granting that I did not burden you [with my support, some say that] I was crafty [and that] I cheated and got the better of you with my trickery.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ We all know that I didn’t place a burden on you, but in spite of that you think I’m a con artist who fooled you with a trick.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And so be it. I have not burdened you, but instead, being astute, I obtained you by guile.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

2 Corinthians 12:16 Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face.

2 Corinthians 12:13

How have you been worse off than the other churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 6:8

in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors and yet are true,

2 Corinthians 7:2

Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one; we have corrupted no one; we have taken advantage of no one.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery,

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed,

1 Peter 2:3

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.