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2 Corinthians 12:16

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You agree that I wasn't a burden to you. Maybe that's because I was trying to catch you off guard and trick you.

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We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's wonderful kindness instead of by the wisdom of this world.

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

You missed out on only one blessing that the other churches received. That is, you didn't have to support me. Forgive me for doing you wrong.

We don't do shameful things that must be kept secret. And we don't try to fool anyone or twist God's message around. God is our witness that we speak only the truth, so others will be sure that we can be trusted.

Whether we were honored or dishonored or praised or cursed, we always told the truth about ourselves. But some people said we did not.

Make a place for us in your hearts! We haven't mistreated or hurt anyone. We haven't cheated anyone.

We didn't have any hidden motives when we won you over, and we didn't try to fool or trick anyone.

You also know that we didn't try to flatter anyone. God himself knows that what we did wasn't a cover-up for greed.

You have already found out how good the Lord really is.




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