In any case, I haven’t caused you any expense. But I’m so tricky! I have caught you by tricking you! Or so you think!

罢了，我自己并没有累着你们，你们却有人说，我是诡诈，用心计牢笼你们。

罢了，我自己并没有连累你们，你们却有人说，我施诡诈，用心计牢笼你们。

罢了，我自己并没有连累你们，你们却有人说，我施诡诈，用心计牢笼你们。

算了！我没有拖累过你们，但居然有人说我狡猾，用诡计骗你们。

算了！我没有成为你们的重担，却是个狡猾的人，用诡计牢笼你们。

不过就算如此，我也没有成为你们的负担——难道我是狡猾的人，用诡计牢笼了你们吗？

罷了，我自己並沒有累着你們，你們卻有人說，我是詭詐，用心計牢籠你們。

罷了，我自己並沒有連累你們，你們卻有人說，我施詭詐，用心計牢籠你們。

罷了，我自己並沒有連累你們，你們卻有人說，我施詭詐，用心計牢籠你們。

算了！我沒有拖累過你們，但居然有人說我狡猾，用詭計騙你們。

算了！我沒有成為你們的重擔，卻是個狡猾的人，用詭計牢籠你們。

罷了！我沒有拖累着你們，我卻是『乖性狡猾，用詭詐牢籠你們的』！

不過就算如此，我也沒有成為你們的負擔——難道我是狡猾的人，用詭計牢籠了你們嗎？

或云我雖不累爾、而以詭計取爾、

有謗我者、言雖不累爾、而以詭計取爾、

或有人云、我雖不累爾、乃為狡詐之人、以計取爾、

或曰：正惟彼不累爾、彼蓋矯情以取信、將間接貽爾以大累耳。

Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

But granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.

Some of you admit I was not a burden to you. But others still think I was sneaky and took advantage of you by trickery.

Now granted, I did not burden you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!

But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, devious person that I am, I took you in by deceit.

But be that as it may, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning!

But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

Now granted, I have not burdened you; yet sly as I am, I took you in by deceit!

But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

Even so, I myself didn’t burden you.“ But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.”

Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.

When I was with you and needed something, I didn’t cause you any expense. The believers who came from Macedonia gave me what I needed. I haven’t caused you any expense at all. And I won’t ever do it.I’m sure that the truth of Christ is in me. And I’m just as sure that nobody in Achaia will keep me from bragging.

How were you less important than the other churches? The only difference was that I didn’t cause you any expense. Forgive me for that wrong!

I am coming to see you. Please don’t make me be as bold as I expect to be toward some people. They think that I live the way the people of this world live.I do live in the world. But I don’t fight my battles the way the people of the world do.

As you know, we never praised you if we didn’t mean it. We didn’t put on a mask to cover up any sinful desire. God is our witness that this is true.

The appeal we make is based on truth. It comes from a pure heart. We are not trying to trick you.

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

Make room for us in your hearts. We haven’t done anything wrong to anyone. We haven’t caused anyone to sin. We haven’t taken advantage of anyone.

You can do this now that you have tasted how good the Lord is.