011:007 Is it a sin that I abased myself in order for you to be exalted,
in that I proclaimed God's Good News to you without fee or reward?
011:008 Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order
to do you service.
011:009 And when I was with you and my resources failed, there was no one to whom I became a burden—for the brethren when they came from Macedonia fully supplied my wants— and I kept myself from being in the least a burden to you, and will do so still.
011:010 Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece.
011:011 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do.
011:012 But I will persist in the same line of conduct in order to cut the ground from under the feet of those who desire an opportunity of getting themselves recognized as being on a level with us in the matters about which they boast.
011:013 For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen,
assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
011:014 And no wonder. Satan, their master, can disguise himself
as an angel of light.
011:015 It is therefore no great thing for his servants also to disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be in accordance with their actions.
011:016 To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.