8
I robbed other churches [by] accepting support [from them] for the ministry to you.
9
And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].
10
[As the] truth of Christ is in me, this boasting {of mine} will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
11
{Why}? Because I do not love you? God knows [I do]!
12
But what I am doing, I will also do, in order that I may remove the opportunity of those who want an opportunity, that they may be found just as also we [are] in what they are boasting about.
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