ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Cor 12:16
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2 Cor 12:16

12:16 got the better of you by deceit. Perhaps Paul’s opponents were saying that his apparent selflessness was a trick to deceive them. Paul answers that he never exploited them through others (v. 17).