2 CORINTHIANS 12:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.”
Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by some trick' — the opponents' *slander*: Paul *deceitfully* (*panoulia*, trickery) *exploited* them indirectly. He *refrained* from *direct* exploitation but *profited* nonetheless. The *irony* is *vicious*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:16
But be it so, I myself did not burden you: but being crafty, I caught you with guile. Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you? I exhorted Titus, and with him I sent the brother. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Walked we not by the same spirit? Walked we not in the same steps? Paul has spoken these words very obscurely, but not without a meaning or purpose. For seeing he was speaking about money, and his defense on that score, it is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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