2 Corintios 12:17

17 ¿Acaso he tomado ventaja de vosotros por medio de alguno de los que os he enviado?

2 Corintios 12:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:17

Did I make a gain of you
He appeals to the Corinthians against such calumnies and false insinuations, whether ever he had circumvented them in such a manner, or had ever used such artful methods to pillage them; or whether ever he had discovered any covetous disposition towards anything of theirs; or had employed any persons to draw out their substance from them, and get it for himself: he owns he had sent some persons to them on different errands, and asks if he had dealt fraudulently with them,

by any of them whom,
says he,

I have sent to you:
he desires them to name one single person of the many who came to them from him, that had received any money from them for him; or that they had any reason to believe he had employed for such purposes; and if they could not pitch on a single instance, they ought therefore to look upon this as a downright slander and calumny.

2 Corintios 12:17 In-Context

15 Y yo muy gustosamente gastaré lo mío, y aun yo mismo me gastaré por vuestras almas. Si os amo más, ¿seré amado menos?

16 Pero, en todo caso, yo no os fui carga; no obstante, siendo astuto, os sorprendí con engaño.

17 ¿Acaso he tomado ventaja de vosotros por medio de alguno de los que os he enviado?

18 A Tito le rogué que fuera, y con él envié al hermano. ¿Acaso obtuvo Tito ventaja de vosotros? ¿No nos hemos conducido nosotros en el mismo espíritu y seguido las mismas pisadas?

19 Todo este tiempo habéis estado pensando que nos defendíamos ante vosotros. En realidad, es delante de Dios que hemos estado hablando en Cristo; y todo, amados, para vuestra edificación.