2 Corinthians 12:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ Did I ·cheat [take advantage of] you by using any of the messengers I sent to you? [^CThe Greek question assumes a negative answer.] ¹⁸ I ·asked [urged; encouraged] Titus [2:13] to go to you, and I sent our brother with him [8:18, 22]. Titus did not cheat you, did he? ·No, you know that Titus and I did the same thing [^LDid we not walk in the same footsteps…?] and with the same spirit.

¹⁹ ·Do you think we have been defending ourselves to you all this time [or All this time have you been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you]? We have been speaking in Christ and ·before [in the presence of] God, ·dear friends [beloved], and everything we do is to ·make you stronger [build you up].