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And why is it that I keep coming across these whiffs of gossip about how my self-support was a front behind which I worked an elaborate scam? Where's the evidence?
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Now granted, I have not burdened you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!
2 Corinthians 12:16 In-Context
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Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?
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Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!
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Did I exploit you through any of the men I sent to you?
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I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not walk in the same footsteps by the same Spirit?