2 Corinthians 12:16

Paul takes up his opponents' slander that, though he took no money directly, he 'craftily' exploited them by trickery. It matters because he confronts the suspicion that his motives were deceitful.

Cross-references · 9

• 1 Th 2:5For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
• 2 Cor 10:2–3Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
• 2 Cor 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
• 1 Th 2:3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
• 2 Cor 12:13For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.
• 2 Cor 11:9–10When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
• 2 Cor 4:2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 2 Cor 7:2Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
• 1 Pet 2:3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

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