2 Corinthians 12:16

Easy To Read Version

It is clear that I was not a burden to you. But \{you think that\} I was tricky and used lies to catch you.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 11:20

\{I know you will be patient,\} because you are even patient with a person who forces you to do things and uses you! You are patient with people that trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face!

2 Corinthians 12:13

So you received everything that the other churches have received. Only one thing was different: I was not a burden to you. Forgive me for this!

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.

2 Corinthians 6:8

Some people honor us, but other people shame us. Some people say good things about us, but other people say bad things. Some people say we are liars, but we speak the truth.

2 Corinthians 7:2

Open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to any person. We have not ruined \{the faith of\} any person, and we have not cheated any person.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

We encourage (teach) people. No person has fooled us. We are not evil. We are not trying to trick people. Those are not our reasons for doing what we do.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

You know that we never tried to influence you by saying nice things about you. We were not trying to get your money. We had no greed to hide from you. God knows that this is true.

1 Peter 2:3

You have already tasted the goodness of the Lord.