5. I don’t consider myself as second-rate in any way compared to the "super-apostles."
6. But even if I’m uneducated in public speaking, I’m not uneducated in knowledge. We have shown this to you in every way and in everything we have done.
7. Did I commit a sin by humbling myself to give you an advantage because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8. I robbed other churches by taking a salary from them in order to serve you!
9. While I was with you, I didn’t burden any of you even though I needed things. The believers who came from Macedonia gave me everything I needed. I kept myself from being a financial drain on you in any way, and I will continue to keep myself from being a burden.
10. Since Christ’s truth is in me, I won’t stop telling the entire area of Greece that I’m proud of what I did.