Ordid I commita sinin humblingmyselfsothat you might be exalted,becauseI preachedthe gospelof Godto you without charge?
For in whatrespect were you treated as inferiorto the restof the churches,exceptthat I myselfdid not become a burdento you? Forgiveme thiswrong!
For you recall,brethren,our laborand hardship,[how] workingnightand daysoas not to be a burdento anyof you, we proclaimedto you the gospelof God.
NowI, Paul,myselfurgeyou by the meeknessand gentlenessof Christ--I whoam meekwhen face to facewith you, but boldtowardyou when absent!
Ordo onlyBarnabasand I not havea rightto refrainfrom working?
nordid we eatanyone'sbreadwithout payingfor it, but with laborand hardshipwe [kept] workingnightand daysothat we would not be a burdento anyof you;
"You yourselvesknowthat thesehandsministeredto my [own] needsand to the men who were with me.
Ifotherssharethe rightover you, do we not more?Nevertheless,we did not usethisright,but we endureall thingssothat we will causenohindranceto the gospelof Christ.
"I have covetedno one'ssilverorgoldorclothes.
Paul,a bond-servantof ChristJesus,called[as] an apostle,set apartfor the gospelof God,
Nowwhen I cameto Troasfor the gospelof Christand when a doorwas openedfor me in the Lord,
soas to preach the gospeleven to the regions beyondyou, [and] not to boastin what has been accomplishedin the sphereof another.