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7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?
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Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8 I robbed other churches by taking wages from them to serve you;
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I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you.
9 and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.
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And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
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As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
11 Why ? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
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Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.
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And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
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For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14 No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
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And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
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It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
16 Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.
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I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.
17 What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
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In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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