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