2 Corinthians 12:16

I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother,.... The apostle proceeds to mention one or two persons that he had sent unto them, and desires to know whether they could charge them with any such…

But be it so - This is evidently a charge of his enemies; or at least a charge which it might be supposed they would make. Whether they ever in fact made it, or whether the apostle merely anticipates…

But be it so, I did not burden you - That is: You grant that I did not burden you, that I took nothing from you, but preached to you the Gospel freely; but you say that, Being Crafty, I caught you…

In these verses the apostle addresses himself to the Corinthians two ways: -

I. He blames them for what was faulty in them; namely, that they had not stood up in his defence as they ought to have…

But be it so St Paul returns to the charge in 2Co 12:12. He supposes his antagonists to admit that, as far as he himself is concerned, he has given it a satisfactory answer. But he is prepared for any…