2 Corinthians 12:16
King James Version (KJV)
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
In context
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
2 Corinthians 12:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
- WEB World English Bible
- Even so, I myself didn’t burden you. But you might say that being crafty, I caught you with deception.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And be it [so], I — I did not burden you, but being crafty, with guile I did take you;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But be it so. I did not burden you, but being crafty I took you by guile.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.