And when I[a] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself from being a burden. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine[b] will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. 11 Why[c]? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was present”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:10 Literally “to me”
  3. 2 Corinthians 11:11 Literally “because of what”