5. I don’t think that those “super apostles” are any better than I am.
6. It is true that I am not a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have shown this to you clearly in every way.
7. I did the work of telling God’s Good News to you without pay. I humbled myself to make you important. Do you think that was wrong?
8. I accepted pay from other churches. I took their money so that I could serve you.
9. If I needed something when I was with you, I did not trouble any of you. The brothers who came from Macedonia gave me all that I needed. I did not allow myself to be a burden to you in any way. And I will never be a burden to you.
10. No one there in Achaia will stop me from boasting about that. I say this with the truth of Christ in me.
11. And why do I not burden you? Do you think it is because I don’t love you? God knows that I love you.