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2 Corinthians 12:16

James Moffatt - New Testament

But let that pass, you say; I was not a burden to you, no, but I was clever enough to dupe you with my tricks? Was I?

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We never resorted to flattery (you know that), nor to any pretext for self-seeking (God is witness to that);

For the appeal we make does not spring from any delusion or from impure motives — it does not work by cunning;

Where were you inferior to the rest of the churches? — unless in this, that your apostle did not choose to make himself a burden to you. Pray pardon me this terrible wrong!

Make a place for me in your hearts; I have wronged no one, ruined no one, taken advantage of no one.

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

My proud boast is the testimony of my conscience that holiness and godly sincerity, not worldly cunning but the grace of God, have marked my conduct in the outside world and in particular my relations with you.

You have had a taste of the kindness of the Lord:

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

You put up with a man who assumes control of your souls, with a man who spends your money, with a man who dupes you, with a man who gives himself airs, with a man who flies in your face.




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